Marks
@marks_ftw
ex- | Co-Founder CEO @TryMapleAI | Bringing privacy to your AI workflows | Early @Canvas_by_Inst | Freedom Tech Weekend ☀️
We just sent out our first marketing newsletter for @TryMapleAI. When you want to honor privacy of your users, it makes mailing lists tricky. Every service out there unlocks tracking and snooping by default and some don't let you turn it off at all. Here's how we did it: 1.…

.@TryMapleAI fixes this
BREAKING: ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman says people share personal info with ChatGPT but don’t know chats can be used as court evidence in legal cases.
The message is America will win the AI race by being innovative while also having regulation. @TryMapleAI provides an innovative solution for people and businesses to have secure, confidential AI. We can’t control the regulation l, but can do our part with innovation.
This was a historic week for AI policy. President Trump gave his first major speech on AI, the White House released its AI Action Plan, and President Trump signed three important executive orders. If you missed it, here is a recap of the major themes and actions. 🧵
The @freedomtechweek stream time this weekend is TBD. Could be Fri, Sat, or Sun.
Many companies are entering the private AI space. @TryMapleAI is still the only private AI that lets you see and verify the server code for yourself. Don't trust, verify your AI.

With no verifiable privacy guarantees in Proton’s AI app, it looks like @TryMapleAI will continue to be the “Proton of AI”
Introducing Lumo, a privacy-first AI built by Proton, where every conversation is confidential ✅ Zero-access encryption ✅ No-logs policy ✅ Open-source and auditable Try @asklumo for free, no sign-up required: lumo.proton.me
❌ Not open source ❌ Not auditable ❌ Not using confidential compute for their GPUs, so you're trusting their "no logs" policy There's actual private, verifiable AI at @TryMapleAI
Introducing Lumo, a privacy-first AI built by Proton, where every conversation is confidential ✅ Zero-access encryption ✅ No-logs policy ✅ Open-source and auditable Try @asklumo for free, no sign-up required: lumo.proton.me
Mad respect to this shop owner for still rocking the iPod. Those were simpler times.

Did not anticipate this being so useful. Using DeepSeek inside @TryMapleAI to research business strategy for Maple itself. The text in the "Thinking" section is just as valuable as the final output. You get to hear its raw thoughts as it critiques your ideas internally first.

My talk at Oslo Freedom Forum 2025 @OsloFF about Privacy and AI. Some of the items I discussed immediately came to light after with OpenAI and the NYT lawsuit. tl;dw - Local AI and @TryMapleAI are strong privacy tools for AI youtube.com/watch?v=fgMwUf…
🌴 Freedom Tech Weekend 16 ☀️ Freedom to Stream Anywhere – Self-Hosted Media Solutions This week look at the landscape of media apps that let you stream your own music, photos, & videos anywhere. Your home, your rules. Watch or Listen 📺🎧
Freedom to Stream Anywhere: Self-Hosted Media Solutions x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Going live in 15 mins. Today we are looking at the landscape of home media server software.
The llama model in @TryMapleAI is about to get faster, more reliable, and have less downtime. We now have llama running on multiple enclaves across the world, with the new primary one running at a much faster rate. Rolling this out next week.
That moment when you're lifting at the gym and out of nowhere the podcast guest recommends your own app @TryMapleAI 🤜
AI Privacy Issues are *real* and users should be better informed. Your "inputs" can and will be used against you Consumers can use apps that encrypt convos, store and hash data locally, and leverage awesome open-source models anyone can run locally for better privacy Try them!