AI consultancy · on-device · vision-first

Intelligence that stays in your user’s hands.

We help product teams decide where AI belongs, prove it works, and ship it, running on the phone, the camera or the edge device instead of a rented server. Faster, private, and cheaper at scale.

Strategy → Prototype → Production Private by default Vision · Health · Creative
01 — Services

From “should we?” to shipped.

One small senior team across the whole path: the strategy conversation, the engineering, and the uncomfortable questions about privacy and cost that usually come too late.

01

AI strategy & readiness

We map your product, data and constraints to the AI bets worth making, and the ones worth skipping. You get a ranked roadmap, build-vs-buy calls, and a realistic view of cost, risk and team shape.

  • Opportunity audit
  • Roadmap
  • Vendor & model selection
  • Unit economics
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02

On-device & edge engineering

We take models from notebook to phone: compression, quantization, runtime selection, battery and thermal budgets, and graceful fallbacks. Built for iOS, Android and embedded targets.

  • Quantization & distillation
  • Core ML · TFLite · ONNX
  • Latency & power profiling
  • Hybrid cloud fallback
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03

Vision & multimodal products

Camera-first experiences that understand what they see: recognition, scene understanding, AR overlays, accessibility narration and visual search, running in real time without a network round-trip.

  • Object & scene understanding
  • OCR & translation
  • Visual search
  • Accessibility
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04

Privacy, safety & evaluation

We design systems so sensitive data never has to leave the device, then test them properly: evaluation suites, red-teaming and documentation your legal, security and compliance teams can actually use.

  • Data-flow review
  • Eval harnesses
  • Red-teaming
  • Governance docs
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05

Team enablement

We pair with your engineers, run focused workshops, and leave behind the code, the playbooks and the instincts so the capability stays after we leave.

  • Workshops
  • Code reviews
  • Hiring support
  • Playbooks
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02 — The thesis

The cloud is a great default. It’s a poor only option.

Cloud-only AI

Latency
Bound by the network and the queue.
Privacy
Raw photos, audio and health signals leave the device.
Cost
Every interaction is a metered call; margins shrink as usage grows.
Offline
No signal, no product.

On-device first

Latency
Real-time, frame by frame, with no round-trip.
Privacy
Sensitive data is processed locally and never has to be uploaded.
Cost
Inference runs on hardware the user already owns.
Offline
Works on a train, in a clinic, or abroad.

Most products need both. The craft is deciding what runs where, and making the handoff invisible.

03 — Focus areas

Where we go deep.

Three domains where a phone’s sensors and a small, well-tuned model beat a giant remote one.

Domain A

Health & wellness

Phones already carry cameras, microphones, motion sensors and sometimes ECG or SpO₂. Processing that locally means patterns in sleep, posture, breathing or nutrition can be surfaced without sending the most sensitive data you own to anyone. Think meal-photo logging that supports diabetes management, or movement coaching that never uploads a frame.

  • Nutrition vision
  • Sensor fusion
  • Trend insights
Domain B

Real-time vision & AR

Point the camera and get an answer now: a street sign translated, a part identified, a scene described aloud for someone who can’t see it. Removing the network from the loop makes these experiences feel native, and makes them work where connectivity doesn’t.

  • Live translation
  • Scene narration
  • Visual search
Domain C

Creative & personal tools

Generative features that learn your voice, your photographic eye or your learning history, locally. Drafting, editing, remixing and tutoring that feel like yours rather than the average of a global dataset, with nothing uploaded to get there.

  • Local personalization
  • Photo & audio
  • Private tutoring
04 — Our apps

Proof, in your pocket.

We build our own privacy-first apps, so the approach we recommend is the one we ship. Everything below runs on the device. Your data never leaves your phone.

AI Smart Plates app screenshot
iOS · Nutrition

AI Smart Plates

Eat smarter, not harder.

An AI food analysis tracker that respects your health and your privacy. Intelligent nutrition insight, powered entirely by on-device AI.

100% privateFood analysisAI coachWorks offline
  • Easy AI food analysisSnap a photo and get nutritional insights in seconds using Neural Engine technology.
  • Privacy firstAll image analysis happens on your device. Your photos never leave your phone. Read the privacy policy.
  • Personal nutrition coachActionable advice based on your consumption trends over time.
  • Visual food diaryA calendar-based history view to track your journey.
  • Mindful eatingPause and appreciate your food before each meal.
  • Works offlineNo internet connection required for AI analysis.
Download on the App Store
AI Private Notes app screenshot
iOS · Productivity

AI Private Notes

Capture more than just audio.

An AI-powered workspace for your voice. Turn meetings, lectures and ideas into structured, searchable notes using hybrid AI, entirely offline.

100% privateHybrid AI31+ languagesPDF export
  • Hybrid AI engineCombines Google Gemma 3 and Apple Foundation Models for stronger text understanding.
  • 100% on-deviceFrom transcription to analysis, everything happens locally on your iPhone. Read the privacy policy.
  • Visual notesAttach photos to recordings, like a snapped whiteboard during a meeting.
  • Smart transcriptionAutomatic speaker detection and separation.
  • Deep searchFind any spoken word across your entire library instantly.
  • Pro exportGenerate PDF reports with transcripts, summaries and photos.
Download on the App Store
05 — Process

Small steps. Real evidence.

Each phase ends with something you can run, measure and decide on, not a slide deck about what might work.

i

Frame

Define the user outcome, the constraints (device, data, budget) and what “good” means in numbers.

ii

Prove

Build the thinnest working prototype on real hardware and test it against real inputs. Kill or continue, on evidence.

iii

Ship

Harden for production: performance, evaluation, fallbacks, privacy review, release and monitoring.

iv

Hand over

Documentation, training and clean ownership so your team can iterate without us.

06 — Ways to work together

Pick your depth.

Scope and pricing are set after a short call. We’d rather quote the right thing than the biggest thing.

Advisory

Clarity sprint

A short, fixed-scope engagement to answer a hard question: feasibility, architecture, vendor choice, or a second opinion on a plan.

  • Written recommendation
  • Prioritised roadmap
  • Risk & cost model
Build

Prototype to production

We design and build the AI capability with your team: a working feature on real devices, evaluated and ready to release.

  • Working app or SDK
  • Evaluation suite
  • Release support
Embedded

Fractional AI lead

Ongoing senior guidance: architecture reviews, hiring, vendor calls and unblocking, a few days a month or more.

  • Standing cadence
  • Team mentoring
  • Board-level briefings
07 — Field notes

What’s moving in applied AI.

Automated briefs tracking AI in health, education and finance, scored for sentiment. A quick read on where the market is heading.

Field brief+4

AI in HealthTech

  • AI is increasingly deployed to automate administrative burdens and clinical documentation across the UK's NHS and global healthcare systems.
  • Diagnostic AI is seeing rapid growth, particularly in radiology and cardiology, with new FDA-cleared tools entering the market.
  • A strong correlation exists between a hospital's telehealth scale and its readiness to adopt clinical AI.
  • Significant security vulnerabilities persist, highlighted by major data breaches impacting millions of patients via third-party AI vendors.
  • Regulatory bodies are shifting toward formal assessment frameworks to ensure AI enhances rather than replaces human decision-making.
  • New market entrants and pivots, including generative AI firms moving into medical hardware, signal a broadening of the healthtech ecosystem.
Updated Jul 4, 2026 · 6:22 PM PT
Field brief+3

AI in EdTech

  • The industry is shifting from traditional online content libraries toward AI-native platforms that provide genuine one-on-one tutoring at scale.
  • A significant gap persists between the rapid adoption of AI tools by students and teachers and the lack of formalized institutional strategies.
  • Governments are increasingly intervening to ensure AI reduces educational disparities, notably through targeted programs for disadvantaged youth.
  • New frameworks from the EU and OECD emphasize AI literacy as a multidisciplinary competence rather than mere technical proficiency.
  • Concerns over cognitive offloading and academic integrity are driving a new market for authenticity layers and AI-detection tools.
  • Corporate initiatives are expanding to address workforce displacement through large-scale AI retraining and certification programs.
Updated Jul 4, 2026 · 5:31 PM PT
Field brief+2

AI in FinTech

  • Fintech is transitioning from assistive AI to "Agentic AI" capable of autonomous financial execution and multi-step workflow management.
  • Banks are increasingly deploying a tripartite AI strategy consisting of generative, predictive, and agentic systems to drive operational efficiency.
  • Regulatory bodies, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore, are developing real-time safeguards to manage the risks of autonomous AI agents.
  • Data fragmentation remains a primary barrier preventing AI pilots from reaching full production in sectors such as insurance.
  • The rise of token-based billing is creating a new category of untracked operational costs that legacy ERP systems cannot manage.
  • Some institutions are restructuring workforces and cutting roles to prioritize investment in AI-driven simplification and agility.
Updated Jul 4, 2026 · 5:48 PM PT

Briefs are generated automatically from public news and may contain errors. Scores are AI-generated and are not investment advice.

08 — About

A small team that has shipped this before.

We believe the next wave of AI won’t live only in distant data centres. It will live in the device in your pocket, and feel personal because of it.

VedereAI was founded by engineers and product people with backgrounds in large-scale consumer technology, and a focus on edge AI, mobile optimisation and model deployment. We take on a few engagements at a time so the people you meet in the first call are the people doing the work.

“Vedere” is Italian for to see. It’s a reminder of how we work: look at the real constraint, the real user and the real data before recommending anything.

  1. Private by designIf a feature can work without the data leaving the device, it should.
  2. Evidence over enthusiasmWe measure on real devices with real inputs, and say so when an idea doesn’t hold up.
  3. Boring where it countsPredictable latency, graceful failure, clear ownership. The magic is in the user’s experience, not our architecture.
  4. Leave you strongerSuccess is your team running without us.
09 — Questions

Things people ask.

Do we have to go fully on-device?

No. Most good products are hybrid. We help you decide which tasks run locally, which go to the cloud, and how to switch between them without the user noticing.

Can small on-device models really match large cloud ones?

For narrow, well-defined tasks (recognition, classification, extraction, transcription, personalised suggestions) often yes, once a model is well-tuned and compressed. For open-ended reasoning, a cloud model may still be the right tool. We’ll tell you which is which for your case.

What do you need from us to get started?

A description of the product or problem, any constraints you already know (devices, regulation, budget) and ideally a sample of the data or user flows involved. A short call is enough to scope the rest.

Who owns the code and models?

You do. Work product and trained artefacts are yours, and we document them so your team can maintain them.

Do you work with regulated industries?

Yes, health and finance are core areas for us. We design with data minimisation in mind and produce documentation for your compliance team, though we’re engineers rather than your legal counsel.

10 — Contact

Let’s look at your problem.

Tell us what you’re building or considering. We’ll reply with honest thoughts on fit, approach and next steps, even if the answer is “you don’t need us yet.”