BotPsy: On-Device Personal Assistant with a Sub-Billion-Parameter Agentic Language Model

Back to Articles BotPsy: On-Device Personal Assistant with a Sub-Billion-Parameter Agentic Language Model Team Article Published November 11, 2026 Upvote 1 Milan Gritta milangritta qvac Jihye Back happy-jihye qvac JinUk, Cho jucho2725 qvac ohjoon kwon joooon qvac Patrik Lambert patrik-lambert qvac Mathias Buus mafintosh qvac Amril Nurman Nurman qvac Frontier cloud LLMs carry high operational costs that can fluctuate unexpectedly, and relying on such third-party models introduces vulnerabilities, as providers can modify, deny, or deprecate access at any time. Furthermore, proprietary models offer limited customization for specific workflows, while posing risks to privacy, data control, and transparency. Besides, not every task…