EchoStream is an AI research company building on-device intelligence that is private, free, and accessible to everyone.
We are a research company that builds AI products for the edge.
EchoStream began with a simple conviction: intelligence should live where people are — on their devices, in their hands, under their control. We study how large models can be compressed, adapted, and deployed to run locally, without relying on remote servers or sacrificing privacy.
Our work spans language understanding, multimodal perception, affective computing, and personal AI. Each product we ship is the result of research into making powerful models small, fast, and private enough for everyday use.
“AI should not be owned by any corporation; it belongs to all of us, my friend.”
Research & Writing
A seven-stage compression pipeline reduces Gemma 3 4B VLM from 2.8 GB to 2.1 GB with 22% faster generation and 3.4x faster image processing on Apple Silicon.
Five orthogonal compression techniques reduce Qwen3 TTS from 2.35 GB to 808 MB while preserving audio quality on edge devices.
Are we truly thinking, or just consuming? Exploring how to reclaim deep thinking in the age of AGI.
Rethinking what "technology" really means and how companies can adapt product strategy in the age of large language models.
Applied Research
Cross-lingual reading comprehension — on-device translation and audio transcription for any eBook.
Multimodal personal finance understanding — snap, speak, or type to track and analyze spending.
Food visual analysis and health insights — capture meals for instant nutrition and pattern recognition.
Affective computing and edge emotional intelligence — an AI companion that reads and responds to emotion.
Personality modeling and adaptive AI — building digital relationships through deep understanding.
Principles
We design every model to run locally. Your data never leaves your device unless you choose to share it. Privacy is not a feature — it is the architecture.
AI should be accessible to everyone. We release our products for free and believe that open access accelerates progress for all of humanity.
Every product begins as a research question. We publish our thinking, test our assumptions, and let evidence guide our direction.
We are building intelligence that belongs to everyone.