INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE / A DIFFERENT WAY TO LIVE ONLINEVOL. 01 — 2026

Meet your private digital home

02 / KURTZ PLATFORM

Your life is more
than your life admin.

kurtz brings your documents, email, photos and films together.
With a private AI assistant to help you find what you need
and get on with your day.

02.1 / A LOOK INSIDE

kurtz with Documents open: search, scan, everyday categories and recent files. A private conversation sits beside them, finding a washing machine receipt.
Development preview · English presentation · example dataAbout this preview

Your assistant, with your things

Start with what’s
on your mind.

You remember buying it. You don’t remember where you put the receipt. Ask kurtz, in your own words.

“Where’s the receipt for the washing machine?”

In this example, the assistant finds the saved document and the email it arrived with. The sources stay attached to the answer, so you can check the originals.

And here’s the receipt
Example conversation: the receipt dated 12 October is in Documents and in an email from Home Store. Source 1 and Source 2 open the originals.
English presentation · scripted example answer

Go straight
to the original.

Open the document from the conversation.
Read it for yourself. Keep the context.

The source opens in kurtz: a fictional Home Store receipt for a €479 washing machine, with the original conversation alongside it.
From question to original, in the same place.

A place for the rest of life, too

More than
paperwork.

The email with the attachment. The photos from the weekend. The film you’ve been meaning to finish. Your own collection, with a familiar way in.

  • DocumentsFind, scan and read
  • EmailYour inbox and archive
  • PhotosYour gallery and albums
  • Films & seriesYour library, ready to play
English inbox preview with fictional messages: a weekend invitation, a washing machine receipt, and the beginning of a payslip message.
Your inbox, at home in kurtz.
Current email integration: WEB.DE.

02.2 / THE OPTIONAL PARTS

And even more

As much as you need.
As little as you like.

Start with the parts that make life easier. Add more when you want to. You decide what to connect and what your assistant can access.

Local AIAn assistant on your own hardware.

Ask questions, work through an idea or get help with the content you choose to share. Local models run on your own hardware. External AI remains an explicit choice.

English mockup: a conversation running locally on a Mac turns a fictional weekend to-do list into a relaxed two-day plan.
Illustrative mockup · English · fictional content
LibraryYour films and series, ready to play.

Browse your collection, open a title and pick up where you left off. A familiar place to decide what to watch, with your own films and series at the centre.

English mockup: a personal film library with a Continue watching feature for the fictional film A Quiet Sunday and three more fictional titles.
Illustrative mockup · English · fictional content
GalleryA place to return to your favourite moments.

Browse your photos and albums, open an original and revisit the moments you saved. Your memories, at home alongside the rest of your digital life.

English mockup: a photo album with a generated lake scene, photo navigation and an Open original action.
Illustrative mockup · English · fictional content
Home networkYour setup, clearly documented.

Keep the documentation for your devices, services and setup within reach. Search your notes or ask the assistant, with links back to the source.

English mockup: home network documentation with router and access point locations, an upstairs Wi-Fi note and a link to the original.
Illustrative mockup · English · fictional content
Agent jobsAutomate the tasks you repeat.

Schedule document checks, assistant tasks or actions in services you connect. You choose the task, timing and permitted access. Results and problems stay visible, so you can keep track.

English mockup: a weekly document-check job with its schedule, Documents-only access and a fictional result listing two items to review.
Illustrative mockup · English · fictional content

These capabilities are part of the private development preview .

Built around a simple belief

Your digital life.
Actually yours.

Your private life should have a home that belongs to you. kurtz is being built to keep your collection and your AI on hardware you control.

With local AI, your private content doesn’t have to travel to an AI provider to be useful.

What runs where?

The first version is being developed around an Apple Silicon Mac at home, with access through kurtz on Mac, iPhone, iPad and in the browser.

Connected services, such as your email provider, still have their own data arrangements. External AI is an optional, explicit choice. kurtz doesn’t automatically switch from a local model to the cloud.

A first look at what’s next

In private development.

kurtz is in private development. We’re taking the time to make
the everyday feel simple. A public release date and pricing
haven’t been announced yet.

Explore the video player

Our standalone video player is available now.