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webAI Releases Mac App for On-Device AI Without Per-Token Charges

webAI has released a Mac app that runs its small reasoning models on a user’s computer, which the company says lets people work with private files without sending them to the cloud or paying per token. The app uses user-created Personas tha

AI.info Team · Written with AI · fact-checked · 2026-11-06

webAI released its Mac app to the public on Nov. 5. The app runs the company’s new small reasoning models on a user’s own computer, and people can use the app for private work without sending files to the cloud or paying per token. It is available for Mac through webAI.com.

Private work can stay on the Mac

The release contrasts the app with cloud-based AI services, where usage may be metered by tokens or capped by a plan and documents are sent to someone else’s servers. With webAI’s app, the model runs on the Mac itself, according to the company. The release describes a user working through a sensitive client proposal or an unfinished business plan, revising it as often as needed without hitting a token limit.

“With the webAI app, we're making cloud AI optional,” said David Stout, CEO and co-founder of webAI. “Why should you have to send a private document to an online service just to get help with it? Your Mac can do the work. You keep control of what you share, and you can ask as many follow-up questions as you need without watching a token meter.”

Personas can work together on a task

In the app, users create Personas, described by webAI as AI experts with a role, knowledge and tools selected by the user. Multiple Personas can work together on the same task. Users choose what each Persona can access and what actions it can take.

The release gives a consultant preparing a proposal as an example. The consultant could assign one Persona to pull client requirements from project notes, another to draft the proposal and a third to check the draft for anything missed.

Connectors include Slack and DocuSign

The app’s connectors work with services and apps including Slack, DocuSign, Hugging Face and Apple apps. A Persona could retrieve a client’s latest decisions from Slack, check which contracts remain unsigned in DocuSign, and draft follow-up messages for the user’s approval, according to the release.

Connecting the apps can reduce the time users spend hunting for context and copying details between them, the company says.

The webAI app is available now for Mac at webAI.com. The company describes its business as building technology that lets people create, run and control AI on their own devices.