Local-first. Memory-native. Built to last.
Most AI tools are designed to keep you dependent — on their servers, their pricing, their roadmap. We're building the opposite: persistent memory that lives on your device, agents you configure and own, and companions that get sharper over time without sending a single byte to a data center.
This isn't a reaction to big tech. It's a different architectural bet entirely — that the most powerful AI relationship is a private one. That ownership compounds where access doesn't. That the tools worth keeping are the ones that make you more capable every time you use them, not more locked in.
A walkthrough of the sloman.ai ecosystem — Murphy in action, the local-first architecture, and what it means to own your AI instead of renting it.
Built in Memphis.
Built for ownership.
I built this because I wanted my own AI. Not a subscription to someone else's. Not a cloud service that resets every conversation, harvests every interaction, and holds your intelligence hostage behind a monthly fee. I wanted privacy. I wanted permanence. I wanted something that actually worked for me — not for the platform.
sloman.ai is a bootstrapped, VC-free AI company out of Memphis, Tennessee. No investors pulling the roadmap. No pressure to monetize your data. Just software engineered to compound in your favor over time — agents that remember, tools you own, and a philosophy that treats intelligence as something you keep, not something you rent.
We build across the full stack: Pembrook for small business operations, SandboxDL for personal AI companions, Dejah for deep research, and Grim for gaming. Different tools. One architecture. Always local-first.
"Ownership isn't a feature.
It's the only architecture that doesn't eventually betray you."