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The Halo blog
Notes on what we're building and the thinking behind it.
Product updatesOctober 7, 2026
Halo on iPhone Duo - Press Kit
A look at Halo's iPhone Duo layouts, with pinned chat, views that adjust around the fold, and a complete presskit to download.
Read more →ComparisonsSeptember 12, 2026
Halo vs Muse, Grok Bot, Dots, Instinct, OpenClaw and Hermes
How Halo compares with six personal AI assistants, with a focus on privacy, local data, browser use, secure storage and setup.
Read more →PrivacyJuly 2, 2026
Best privacy-first AI assistants in 2026
A practical list of privacy-friendly AI assistants: Halo, OpenClaw, Hermes and LM Studio. Where your data lives and what to check before getting started.
Read more →EngineeringJune 26, 2026
How Halo remembers you
Most assistants remember you as a flat list of facts on someone else's server. Here is how I built Halo's memory as a private, readable graph that knows when a fact has gone stale.
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