rethinking who owns your ai

Own your intelligence. Skip the setup headache.

sudo is a small machine that plugs into the wall and becomes an agent that's actually yours — not a login, not a subscription, not somebody else's server.

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  • Local model included, free forever
  • Bring your own key to any cloud model
The sudo box: a matte black sliding box with the sudo wordmark and an orange pull tab, opened to show the small black device inside with a single white status light.
the whole installation: plug it in, leave it on a shelf

how we got here

Two chapters of AI you never quite owned.

self-hosted

Full control, if you could reach it

OpenClaw and Hermes proved you could run an AI on hardware you owned. The catch: a server, a config file, a free weekend. Ownership existed — almost nobody could reach it.

the convenience bots · right now

Easy to start. Hard to call yours

The Muses, the Groks, the assistant in every app. Setup became a sign-up form — but your memory and personality live on their servers, on their terms.

The same assistant drafting your replies is starting to read your invoices, your health data, move your money. The question isn't which AI is smartest — it's whose infrastructure your life runs on. And it should be yours.

You own itEasy to start
OpenClaw · Hermesa server, a config file, a free weekend
✓✕
Muse · Grok · every app's assistanta sign-up form, on their servers
✕✓
sudoplug it in. it's yours.
✓✓

Until now you had to pick one.

the actual decision

Hand your life to a company. Or build an asset that's actually yours.

Most AI assistants keep your agent's memory and personality on their servers. If you ever leave, they don't come with you.

sudo keeps them on a box you hold — and still lets you plug in the best cloud models.

On their servers

  • Memory lives on their servers
  • Leave, and your history stays behind
  • Model, price and terms change on their schedule
  • Reachable only through their app
vs

On your hardware

  • Memory lives on hardware you hold
  • Unplug it, it's still yours, still whole
  • You pick the model, the price, the terms
  • Yours over WhatsApp, browser, terminal, anywhere

Your AI. Your Rules.

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the ai race never stops

This month's smartest model won't be next month's.

Chasing the leader by hand means re-teaching a whole new assistant, over and over. Sudo just swaps the engine — the memory stays put.

everyone else every new leader, you start over

GPT-5.1Jan
new app, new login
Claude Opus 5Feb
"hi, I'm ___"
DeepSeek V4Mar
re-explain everything
Gemini 3Apr
new app, new login
Claude Sonnet 5May
"hi, I'm ___"

on sudo use whichever is best — or cheapest — this month

GPT-5.1Jan
Claude Opus 5Feb
DeepSeek V4Mar
Gemini 3Apr
Claude Sonnet 5May
your memory & personality — one unbroken thread, the whole way through

meet sudo

Your first starter kit for an AI that grows old with you.

Plug it into power. Leave it on a shelf. That's the entire installation.

sudo.local
The sudo dashboard on a computer: a sidebar with Chat, Channels, Apps, Connectors and Community, and a conversation where the agent starts the morning with the day's plan, sets a 7pm bill reminder and suggests three gift ideas for mom under $50.
on your computer — the same dashboard, with room to work
The sudo dashboard chat on a phone: the agent opens with the day's plan, sets a 7pm reminder and sends three gift ideas under $50 to WhatsApp.
chat · memory carries over
The sudo Apps tab: Contacts, Home, Screen time and Create your own.
apps on the box
The sudo Home app on a phone: who is home and every device on the Wi-Fi.
who's home, every device

  1. Local model for chatting, cloud models for real work

    It ships with a model running on the device — free, private, and great for everyday chatting. For real work, connect a cloud model: paste your own API key (Claude, GPT, DeepSeek, whichever) and pay the provider directly. We take no cut.

  2. Swap the brain, keep the memory

    Claude, GPT, DeepSeek — whichever is sharpest or cheapest today. Same context, same personality, every time. Routed automatically, or fixed by hand.

  3. Your key, your bill

    No markup, no seat, no tier, no "upgrade to keep your own history." Your key goes straight to the provider you chose, and you pay them what they charge.

  4. Back it up wherever you trust

    Sync your agent's memory to GitHub, Drive, wherever you already keep things that matter. It's a folder on a machine you hold, not a walled garden.

  5. Move it when you upgrade

    Outgrow the hardware, carry the agent to the next box. You upgrade the machine — never the relationship you've built.

setting it up

From the box to your dashboard, step by step.

No screen on the box, no cable to your router, no terminal. Just your phone and your home Wi-Fi.

1

Plug it in

Connect it to power and give it a minute to wake up. That's the only cable.

The sudo device inside its box, with a single white status light.
2

Join "RaspiSetup" on your phone

Open your phone's Wi-Fi settings and tap RaspiSetup. It's an open network, no password. Your phone may warn about no internet; that's expected.

A phone's Wi-Fi settings with the RaspiSetup network highlighted.

illustration — yours will look like your phone's own settings

3

Choose your home Wi-Fi

A setup page opens on its own. Pick your home network and type its password. That's all sudo needs from you to get online.

The sudo setup page with a home network selected and its password entered.
4

Save sudo's address

Copy it or screenshot it, then tap Done. sudo leaves its own network and joins yours. Switch your phone back to home Wi-Fi and give it about a minute.

The sudo setup page showing the address to save, sudo.local, with a button to connect to your home Wi-Fi.
5

Say hi to each other

Open the address in your browser. Tell sudo what to call you, and what you'll call it.

The sudo welcome screen asking what to call you and what you should call your agent.
6

You're in

That's your dashboard: chat, channels, apps and settings, on your phone or your computer. Add it to your home screen and it's one tap away.

The sudo dashboard chat on a phone, with the agent's morning briefing.

your little tools

The parts of life you'd rather not hand to a company.

sudo runs focused little apps on the box: who's home, what the screens in your house are doing, the people you talk to. Every one of them stores its data in your home, not in someone else's cloud.

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Contacts

The people in your orbit — and who your agent may message.

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Home

Every device on your Wi-Fi, and who's home. Name them, assign them to people, get a heads-up when something new joins.

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Screen time

How long each device spends on which apps, and controls for kids.

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Create your own

Describe what you want and sudo builds it with you.

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A money tracker. A health log. A journal. A kitchen board.

It's your machine, so if the app you want doesn't exist, ask for it: describe a space and sudo builds it with you — or open the box and write one yourself.

Letting sudo change its own dashboard is a switch you turn on in Settings; it's off by default.
sudo.local
The sudo Home app on a computer: who is home, and a list of every device on the Wi-Fi with its name, maker and address.
the Home app — who's home, and every device on your Wi-Fi
Stored locally. Your data stays on the box unless you decide otherwise.

questions

The things people ask first.

Do I need to be technical?

No. Plug it in, join its Wi-Fi from your phone, point it at your home network, and start talking to it. No terminal, no config files.

Where does my data live?

On the box in your home: your memory, your files, your agent's personality. If you choose a cloud model, the messages you send to it go to that provider, exactly like using their app — but your history stays with you, and you decide when it leaves.

What's the built-in model for?

Everyday chatting: it runs on the box, free and private, and works with no internet at all. For real work — research, writing, code, heavy analysis — connect a cloud model. Paste your own API key from Claude, GPT, DeepSeek or another provider and sudo sends the hard stuff there.

Do you take a cut of what I spend on cloud models?

No. You paste your own key and pay the provider directly, at their price. sudo takes no cut and adds no markup, and there's no subscription on top.

What hardware is it?

A small computer built on a Raspberry Pi. The beta runs on a Pi you buy yourself; the pre-order version is the same thing ready to plug in, nothing to assemble.

When can I get one?

Pre-orders aren't open yet. Join the waitlist and you'll hear first, and nothing is charged until they open. Want it sooner? Apply to be a beta tester and we'll send you the source code to run on your own Pi.

get sudo

Pre-order it. Or help us build it.

Two ways in: join the pre-order waitlist for the ready-to-plug-in box, or apply to test it early on your own Raspberry Pi.

Pre-order waitlist

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The ready-to-plug-in box. Join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment pre-orders open.

  • Nothing charged today — you're just reserving a spot
  • Local model included, free forever

Beta testers

Apply to be a beta tester.

Want to try sudo before it ships? Apply and we'll email you where to buy a Raspberry Pi, then send you the source code to run on it.

  • We email you exactly where to buy a Pi
  • We send you the source code to try
  • Tell us what breaks — that's the whole point of a beta

No spam, no list-selling, ever.