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The best interfacefits the moment.

The best interface is contextual. We’re obsessively reimagining how people interact with technology and finding ways to integrate AI into everything they use. We’re building Apprentice across your apps, with very little interface of its own, adapting to what you’re doing and how you want to interact.

Different ways into the same collaborator.Choose an interface ↓

Apprentice Skater mascot

A character beside your work

Always within reach, with very little interface of its own.

PRESENCE
Star EyesSkaterHaloBlueCharm Cat

A presence on your desktop.

Close to the work.

A floating character you can speak to, type into, or interact with. It stays alongside the apps you’re already using.

Character → text or voice

BrowserMailDocumentsYour other apps

The interface changes. The work stays in your apps.

The field mascot.
Right beside the text.

The field mascot sits beside the text box you’re working in. Press Right Option to rewrite the field, or select text in a document and rewrite just that selection. You can also dictate straight into the field.

Rewrite a text box.

A rough draft becomes a clearer message, in the same field.

Field mascot beside the message text box

Rewrite a selection.

Only the highlighted passage changes. The rest stays as written.

Quick project update. we’re a bit behind cause the review took longer but should have it done by friday. I’ll share the final files once they’re ready.

Field mascot beside the selected text

Dictate into the field.

Speak your message. Your words appear where you’re already writing.

Field mascot beside the dictation text box

Try the buttons to see prepared examples. In Apprentice, Right Option rewrites the field or selection you’re working on.

We’re building Apprentice as a meta command layer across your apps, with very little interface of its own. You can talk, type, or show it what you’re looking at without moving the work into another app.

An interface concept based on Apprentice’s entry points. The visual uses simplified representations and example inbox content.