AURA
No signal. She still needed help.
Lena Hoffmann, a consultant, on a train with no signal.
Her usual assistant needs the internet.
So she opens AURA instead.
- No signal. Lena is on a train. Her phone is in airplane mode, and her usual assistant is grey and still. It needs the internet for every answer.
- She opens AURA. Her own things are already there: her goals, her money, her wardrobe, her meeting notes. They live on the phone, so they open with no signal.
Goals
Win the Meridian account
Progress: 62% complete
Her saved plan, in her own words
1. Send the short proposal first.
2. Book the call for Thursday.
3. Keep the price talk for the call.
Saved on this phone. Read with no signal.
Control Room
How much AURA may do
One tap stops everything
Every change is written in a log she can read.
- Nothing big leaves. Her photos stay on the phone. Her records stay on the phone. Only a short written question ever leaves it, when she asks the AI for words.
- She stays in charge. In the Control Room she picks how much AURA may do. One tap on the kill switch stops everything, and every change is kept in a log.
- The result. The train is still out of signal. Lena has her plan in front of her, and her private things stayed private.
The screens
Seven tools. All hers.
AURA is one app with seven parts. Each part works with the things she saved on the phone.
- 01Style StudioHer wardrobe, and outfits from what she owns
- 02Smart ShoppingA small list of things she wants, with target prices
- 03Meeting ModeHer meetings, kept in one place
- 04Finance HubHer money in and out, and who owes what
- 05GoalsHer goals, her progress, her saved plans
- 06Lifestyle RadarThe people in her life, in one list
- 07Control RoomHow much AURA may do, and the stop button
The screens above are designed views of the prototype screens. They use the same names and the same steps as the real app.
The problem
Your life sits on someone else's computer.
Most assistants send what you say to big computers far away, and keep it there. Your plans, your money, your private notes: all of it lives with a company you will never meet. If they close, or leak, your life goes with them.
No signal means no help.
An assistant that lives far away stops the moment the signal stops. A train, a plane, a weak line at the wrong hour: the help is gone at the exact moment you asked for it. Lena's morning is that moment, once a week.
One size answers do not know you.
An assistant made for everyone knows no one. It does not know your clothes, your goals, or what you saved last week. AURA is built around one person: her wardrobe, her money, her goals and her notes shape every screen.
How it works
The work happens on the phone itself.
On-device is a plain idea: the app and your things live on your phone, not on a far away computer.
- Step 1Open the appSeven tools, one tap each
- Step 2Your things are thereSaved on the phone, open with no signal
- Step 3Ask in your own wordsOnly the short question leaves the phone
- Step 4Your data stays putPhotos and records never leave the phone
And in the Control Room, one tap can stop the whole app at any time.
Help that stays on your phone.
AURA is being built now. If a private assistant like this fits your work, come and talk about it.
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Status: In development. AURA is a prototype being built, not a finished product. Lena Hoffmann is fictional, and her train ride is a made up scene.
The phone screens on this page are designed views of the prototype screens. Personal records, photos and saved notes are stored on the phone in the prototype. When the AI writes an answer, a short written question is sent to the AI service. Original build by Simanto Mitro.