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Satlas
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Nonprofit AI research institute building fully open models (Olmo, Molmo) and tools for science, climate, and robotics.
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PicoClaw
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Ultra-lightweight, self-hosted open-source AI assistant in Go that runs on sub-$10 hardware like Raspberry Pi with under 10MB RAM.
81K visits/mo
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Core features
- ✦Fully open language and multimodal models
- ✦Open training data and evaluation frameworks
- ✦Asta and Semantic Scholar research tools
- ✦AI for climate and planetary projects
- ✦Embodied AI/robotics research
- ✦Single self-contained binary requiring under 10MB RAM
- ✦Sub-1-second startup even on low-power processors
- ✦Support for 16+ chat channels including Telegram, Discord, Slack, WeCom
- ✦Compatibility with multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, etc.)
- ✦Runs on Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, ARM64, x86_64, Android, and Docker
- ✦Self-hosted design keeping data and configuration local
- ✦Gateway/API mode for connecting to chat platforms via MCP protocol
Use cases
- →Researching and building on open LLMs
- →Accelerating scientific discovery
- →Environmental and climate modeling
- →Academic AI research and collaboration
- →Running a private AI assistant on minimal or embedded hardware
- →Local code assistance that keeps proprietary code off the cloud
- →Home automation and personal task scheduling via chat bots
- →Privacy-conscious users wanting self-hosted AI on low-cost devices
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