Stardock's Brad Wardell built Clairvoyance AI to run agents on your local files — predicts 90-95% of AI work local in 18 months
draginol · x · 2026-10-22
In an AI World Today interview, Stardock founder Brad Wardell explains how Clairvoyance AI grew from an internal tool that shipped Ara: History Untold into a free cross-platform app where named, persistent AI agents work directly on a user's machine — opening real files and compiling real code instead of living in a browser chat.
- He argues the only real AI trust boundary is a physical one, and partners with Qualcomm Snapdragon to push on-device AI.
- He predicts 90–95% of everyday AI work will run locally, not in the cloud, within 18 months.
- The piece also recaps his three-decade track record: the zip compressed-folder standard, Ctrl+Alt+Del task manager, Fences/Start11, and the Impulse game distribution platform.
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