The smallest edge AI device for local LLMs

This entire page (except for the footer) is made with images. Is there any reason they would do this? Are they making these images by hand or are they generated somehow? Just seems like an unusual choice.

I don't understand the value proposition here.

This device is selling for $1,999. In the product page on their website, they show the device plugged into a MacBook Pro.

A MacBook Pro already has excellent ability to run local LLMs, so why wouldn't someone just spend that $1,999 on maxing out their MacBook specs (M5 Max with extra RAM) instead?

Or why not buy a Mac Mini with 48GB of RAM for $2300?

Compatible with Mac and Windows, but no Linux support? That's an odd choice. I would have picked Mac and Linux and de-prioritized Windows as a nice-to-have when there's time to get around to it.

I hope for their sake they bought all the RAM they needed to fulfill those Kickstarter orders at least six months ago.

The kickstarter comments page of this product does not look so glamorous ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tiinyai/tiiny-ai-pocket... )

Ancient models, at < 30t/s, for $2,000? Neat device but I'll have to pass.

Is it just me, or others are also weirded out with that website being all images including all the text

Pretty decent but needs more details. Overall I give it a thumbs down. You can buy a 64GB Macbook Pro M1 Max in pretty good condition right now for a good bit less than 2K.

In practice you are better off:

- if youre in the mac ecosystem using 2k and upgrading to the ultra class chip next time you want to buy

- if youre into windows wait for the next ryzen ai max chip slated for next year.

- if you want desktop consider gx10 given that you need a computer to use this anyway

In retrospect it is crazy how good the m1 max series is given the amount of ram and memory bandwidth.

I am confused as to weather this is software or a product