Show HN: Saoirse, a privacy-first research assistant (Mac Beta)

4 points by unclecolm a day ago

Hi everyone! Wanted to share something we are working hard to build. This was inspired by our background as graduate students wanting to use AI for research and writing without storing context or conversations off-device.

Currently, Saoirse runs locally on Mac and routes external model requests through a Zero Trust cryptographic proxy deployed in a Trusted Execution Environment (Google Cloud's Confidential Computing). We make a best-effort attempt to anonymize traffic while keeping your data on your machine.

It’s designed for deep work, long-form writing, brainstorming, note-taking, and other academic and journalistic workflows. The app is free and in beta. We’re looking for feedback from students, researchers, and educators on features, threat models, and usability.

(Discord for early testers is linked on the site.)

Thank you! Looking forward to your feedback.