An Ex-Google Engineer Open-Sourced a Privacy-First Browser With a Native AI Agent

A fully open-source, privacy-focused browser ships with a built-in agentic assistant, part of a broader push toward local-first AI tooling.

A former Google engineer has open-sourced a privacy-first browser with a native AI agent built in, according to @HowToPrompt__, who emphasized that the project is 100% open source. The pitch combines two ideas that usually pull against each other: an agent that can act on your behalf while browsing, and a privacy posture that keeps your data under your control.

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