The AI assistant that lives on your desktop

Desk Genie puts a 3D character on your Mac that you call by name. It talks back in its own voice, remembers what you tell it and checks with you before it acts.

Request a beta invite Private beta for macOS, November 2026

For macOSReplies by ClaudeA studio to make your own

Pip, an explorer in an orange flight suit

The problem

AI help still lives in a tab

You have to go and find it

Assistants wait in a browser tab or chat window. Getting help means stopping, switching apps and pasting in context.

Every assistant sounds the same

One generic voice for everyone, with no presence on your desk. Most start over when you close the window.

Acting for you takes trust

Useful help touches your tickets, messages and files. You need to see exactly what will run before it runs.

The product

A character that works beside you

On your desktop, all day

A 3D character stands beside your work in a click-through overlay. Drag it, resize it or hide it.

Answers to its own name

Each character has its own wake word, detected on your Mac. Say “Hey Tiffany” and start talking.

Remembers you

Facts you save and each character’s recent conversation carry across restarts and character switches.

Acts when you say so

Reminders, Apple Music, apps and files are built in. Connected tools such as Jira or Slack run after you review the call.

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How it works

From a name to a finished task

You“Hey Pip, where do I start?”

Say its name

Wake-word detection runs on your Mac. Transcription starts only after it hears “Hey Pip.”

Pip’s personaprompt and voice

Saved factswhat you told it

Connected toolsMCP and Skills

Claude writes the reply

It thinks in character

Claude answers with the character’s persona, your saved facts and the tools you connected.

It answers out loud

A cast voice from ElevenLabs or Fish Audio, with gestures and a reply bubble beside its head.

Review action

Review window showing a Slack post and its exact arguments

It does the work

Tool calls open a review window with the exact arguments. Approve it, and the character reports the result.

Under the hoodOn-device wake wordDeepgram speech-to-textClaude via Anthropic API or Claude CodeElevenLabs or Fish Audio voicesMCP servers and Skills

The cast

Characters, each with a job

Jeannie

“Jeannie”

The flagship genie. Warm, quick and brief, for reminders, music and quick answers.

Pip Rowan

“Hey Pip”

Mapmaker and explorer who turns a tangled problem into one next step.

Roy Hollis

“Hey Roy”

Texas propane man who does it by the book and plans the weekend project.

Tiffany

“Hey Tiffany”

Product management copilot who knows what needs you and drafts the ticket.

Each character is a pack: persona, cast voice, wake word, motion, lighting and quick actions.

Use cases

Help for work and for home

Tiffany

You“What needs me?”

“Two things need you. Maya’s release notes are first; Support is waiting on your sign-off.”

Jira through MCP, read-only

Pip

You“Where do I even start on this migration?”

“Start small: run the old tests against the new schema. Mark what breaks. That’s your map.”

Quick action: Find a next step

Roy

You“Hey Roy, when should I stain the deck?”

“Saturday’s dry, so stain it then. Sand it Friday, and read the can first. That’s just good sense.”

Built-in web search

Jeannie

You“Jeannie, remind me in ten minutes about my call.”

“Done. Ten minutes, then I’ll nudge you for the call.”

Built-in reminders

Example conversations.

Text

Review action

Review window for a Slack post, with Cancel and Allow once

Trust and control

Real actions, reviewed before they run

Connect the tools you already use

Add any MCP server or import yours from Claude Code, and give characters Skills for your workflows.

Review every call

Each tool call shows its complete arguments. Read-only tools can be always allowed. Sends and changes need approval every time, and a review expires after two minutes.

Private by default

The wake word runs on your Mac and provider keys are encrypted in the macOS keychain. Screen and app awareness stay off until you turn them on.

Ready for families

Kids mode, locked with a parent PIN, limits memory, search, tools, files, apps and screen vision.

Character Studio

Anyone can make the next character

Character Studio

Build a character once and it carries everything with it: the model, the motion, the voice, the wake word and the persona.

StartAn included character, or your own animated GLB

ShapePersona, voice, lighting, motion and quick actions

ShipInstall, roll back and share a .geniepack

Private beta

Put a character on your desk

The macOS beta opens in November 2026, with invites sent in small groups. We start with people who already run their own agent and with creators who want their own character.