AI Assistants & Personal Agents for Daily Life

Agents at Home

Syntiant Wants to Be the Chip Inside Every AI Agent in Your Home. Wall Street Gets to Vote.

The edge AI chip maker filed for a Nasdaq IPO with 100 million processors already deployed. Now the public markets have to decide if specialized silicon can survive the agent era.

◆ Mila CohenJul 10

Agents at Home

Why Your Smart Home Still Feels Like a Dumb Gadget

Tony Fadell thinks a 'Federation of Devices' is the key to AI, but the reality of 2026 suggests hardware isn't enough to fix our trust issues.

◆ Mila CohenJul 10

Agents at Home

Apple and Google Used to Compete for Your Living Room. Now They Share a Brain.

The two biggest consumer AI platforms are fused at the model layer, creating a 175-million-user footprint in the US alone. Here's what changes — and who gets left out.

◆ Mila CohenJul 10

Agents at Home

64% of Americans Don’t Trust Their AI Assistants. The Agent Revolution Has a Permission Problem.

The trust deficit is uniform across every major platform, and it's not about features — it's about whether consumers have ever said yes to proactive agents in their homes.

◆ Mila CohenJul 10