Show HN: AI companions stack – create and host your own AI companions

It's not host your own AI at all! You need like 5 saas api-keys to operate this app. But sure, you can host this UI on your own.

I hosted my own AI using SillyTavern + text-generation backend (e.g. oogabooga / KoboldAI), just need the power needed to crank the LLM.

I don&#x27;t get why I wouldn&#x27;t just keep an open tab with chatgpt on specific topics. They will very soon have big enough context windows. Why build another UI, deployment pipes and all that jazz ?<p>P.s nobody will *sms the companion

Tangentially related, how much would you guys be willing to pay for a company that could deliver a local model implementation that could run on high tier consumer grade hardware at a reduced ability? I feel like even if there was some severe restrictions (model wasn&#x27;t open source, DRM, etc.) I’d still be willing to fork out for it.

I love how honest the README is:<p>&gt; Shortcomings<p>&gt; Oh, there are so many.

Good job Yoko!

Is this a16z associate with the vc a16z?

you mean kaggle? don’t you?