Jolla founders take the wraps off an AI assistant to power up their push for privacy-friendly GenAI

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March 3, 2025, 1:30 PM

• •Jolla has launched an AI assistant that it says is fully private and does not require users to hand over their data to third-party cloud services.
• •The AI assistant is designed to integrate with apps like email, calendar and social media accounts to provide the user with a conversational power tool that can surface information but also perform actions on the user's behalf.
• •The AI assistant software is being showcased under the brand name Mindy, an avatar with a female look and feel, but which the user will be able to customize to their own tastes.

Jolla, the erstwhile mobile maker turned privacy-centric AI business, has taken the wraps off an AI assistant that's touted as a 'fully private' alternative to letting data-mining cloud giants crawl all over your personal information.

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