probably same for other post-soviet countries too?

Author's another post on "The Seasons are Wrong" [0] is excellent too and I fully support both approaches.

[0] https://kentwalters.com/posts/seasons/

https://nasa.puma.tech

feedback welcome

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Prev. worked at Cloudant (YC S08), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Facebook/Meta), and explored AI/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars).

We have 3 products:

1. https://PumaBrowser.com – iOS & Android mobile browser with built in LLMs & Wallets. Private by design. 1m+ downloads.

2. https://PumaAI.com – privacy layer between you and LLM providers.

3. https://PumaClaw.com – (just starting to build) easier way to run and manage your Claws from the phone.

Help building either or all is much appreciated.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS/MacOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

We’ve raised a few rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and ai:

Protocol Labs (YC S14), Chris Larsen (Ripple), Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana), Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO), Jason Warner (poolside.ai, ex-GitHub CTO), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp W18), Evil Rabbit (Vercel), John Phamous (SF Compute) and other amazing builders.

How to Apply: email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Previously worked as software engineer & developer advocate at Cloudant (YC S08, Acq. by IBM), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Facebook/Meta), and explored AI/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars).

We have two products:

1. Puma Browser (iOS & Android) – browser with built in LLMs & Wallets. Private by design.

2. PumaAI app for Mac – ChatGPT/Atlas, but with ability to pick different model providers and fall-back to local-first ones for data privacy.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS/MacOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

We’ve raised a few rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and ai:

Protocol Labs (YC S14), Chris Larsen (Ripple), Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana), Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO, Neeva, Greylock), Jason Warner (poolside.ai, ex-GitHub CTO), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp W18), Evil Rabbit (Vercel), John Phamous (SF Compute) and other amazing builders.

How to Apply: email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Previously worked as software engineer & developer advocate at Cloudant (YC S08, Acq. by IBM), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Facebook/Meta), and explored AI/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars).

We have two products:

1. Puma iOS & Android – browser with built in LLMs & Wallets. Private by design.

2. Puma AI app for Mac – ChatGPT/Atlas, but with ability to pick different model providers and fall-back to local-first ones for data privacy.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS/MacOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

We’ve raised a few rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and ai:

Protocol Labs (YC S14), Chris Larsen (Ripple), Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana), Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO, Neeva, Greylock), Jason Warner (poolside.ai, ex-GitHub CTO), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp W18), Evil Rabbit (Vercel), John Phamous (SF Compute) and other amazing builders.

How to Apply: email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Previously worked as software engineer & developer advocate at Cloudant (YC S08, Acq. by IBM), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Facebook/Meta), and explored AI/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars).

We have two products:

1. Puma iOS & Android – browser with built in LLMs & Wallets. Private by design.

2. Puma AI app for Mac – ChatGPT/Atlas, but with ability to pick different model providers and fall-back to local-first ones for data privacy.

Would love your help building and growing both.

We value Optimism, Kindness, Curiosity, Speed and Grit.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS/MacOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

We’ve raised a few rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and ai:

Protocol Labs (YC S14), Chris Larsen (Ripple), Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana), Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO, Neeva, Greylock), Jason Warner (poolside.ai, ex-GitHub CTO), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp W18), Evil Rabbit (Vercel), John Phamous (SF Compute) and other amazing builders.

How to Apply: email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Previously worked as software engineer & developer advocate at Cloudant (YC S08, Acq. by IBM), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Facebook/Meta), and explored Ai/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars).

We have 2 main products:

1. Puma Browser with built in LLMs & Wallets. Private by design. Future of the web is agentic – come help us explore best ways to shape it.

2. Puma Network that we're just starting to build out – a way to store and share your memories, context and credentials and provide access to other apps.

If either is exciting to you – please reach out.

We’ve raised a few rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and ai:

Protocol Labs (YC S14), Chris Larsen (Ripple), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp W18), Toly (Solana), Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO, Neeva, Greylock), Jason Warner (poolside.ai, ex-GitHub CTO), Evil Rabbit (Vercel), John Pham (SF Compute) and other amazing builders.

We value Optimism, Kindness, Curiosity, Speed and Grit.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS/MacOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

How to Apply: visit https://puma.tech or email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Previously worked as software engineer & developer advocate at Cloudant (YC S08, Acq. by IBM), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Facebook/Meta), and explored Ai/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars).

We believe in bringing more control and privacy to Ai products and are exploring a few directions:

1. Built in Local LLMs in Puma Browser for iOS and Android.

2. Crypto/stablecoin payments for LLM usage / Ai agents.

3. Puma Ai for MacOS – simplified LM Studio native Mac app.

4. Ways to train Ai agents on mobile web games.

If any of the above excites you please reach out.

We’ve raised a few rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and Ai:

Protocol Labs (S14), Chris Larsen (Ripple), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp W18), Toly (Solana), Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO, Neeva, Greylock), Jason Warner (poolside.ai, ex-GitHub CTO) and more.

We value Optimism, Kindness, Curiosity, Speed and Grit.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS/MacOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

How to Apply: visit https://puma.tech or email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Previously worked as software engineer & developer advocate at Cloudant (YC S08, Acq. by IBM), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Acq. by Meta), and explored Ai/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars).

Puma Browser is focused on making LLMs easy to use on your mobile phone. Private by design.

We recently shipped an update with local DeepSeek R1 and it’s amazing how fast and capable it is even on iPhone 14 Pro.

Next step is making it do things for you, like a helpful assistant, and we’re excited to explore what the world of agents would look like.

We’ve raised Angel and Pre-Seed Rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and Ai: Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO, Neeva, Greylock), Jason Warner (cofounder at poolside.ai, ex-GitHub CTO), Chris Larsen (founder of Ripple), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp), Protocol Labs, SBI, Fenbushi, HashKey and more.

- We value Optimism, Kindness, Curiosity, Speed and Grit.

- Only two recurring weekly meetings to maximize state of flow: Monday all-hands, Friday Demos.

- Careful with growth and never had to do layoffs.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

How to Apply: visit https://puma.tech or email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Previously worked as software engineer & developer advocate at Cloudant (YC S08, Acq. by IBM), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Acq. by Meta), and explored Ai/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars) before diving deep into crypto.

Puma Browser is focused on making LLMs easy to use on your mobile phone. Private by design.

We recently shipped an update with local Meta Llama 3.2 1b and it’s amazing how fast and capable it is for chatting.

Next step is making it do things for you, like a helpful assistant, and we’re excited to explore what the world of agents would look like.

We’ve raised Angel and Pre-Seed Rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and Ai: Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO, Neeva, Greylock), Jason Warner (cofounder at poolside.ai, ex-GitHub CTO), Chris Larsen (founder of Ripple), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp), Protocol Labs, Shima, SBI, Fenbushi, HashKey and more.

- We value Optimism, Kindness, Curiosity, Speed and Grit.

- Only two recurring weekly meetings to maximize state of flow: Monday all-hands, Friday Demos.

- Careful with growth and never had to do layoffs.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

How to Apply: visit https://puma.tech or email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Previously worked as software engineer & developer advocate at Cloudant (YC S08, Acq. by IBM), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Acq. by Meta), and explored Ai/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars) before diving deep into crypto.

Puma Browser is focused on making LLMs easy to use on your mobile phone. Private by design.

Here’s a quick demo we posted recently: https://x.com/PumaBrowser/status/1797072415388033393

We’ve raised Angel and Pre-Seed Rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and Ai: Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO, Neeva, Greylock), Jason Warner (ex-GitHub CTO), Chris Larsen (founder of Ripple), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp), Protocol Labs, Shima, SBI, Fenbushi, HashKey and more.

- We value Optimism, Kindness, Curiosity, Speed and Grit.

- Only two recurring weekly meetings to maximize state of flow: Monday all-hands, Friday Demos.

- Careful with growth and never had to do layoffs.

- Capital efficient with 3+ years of runway.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

How to Apply: visit https://puma.tech or email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Previously worked as software engineer & developer advocate at Cloudant (YC S08, Acq. by IBM), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Acq. by Meta), and explored Ai/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars) before diving deep into crypto.

Puma Browser is focused on making LLMs easy to use on your mobile phone. Private by design.

Here’s a quick demo we posted recently: https://x.com/PumaBrowser/status/1797072415388033393

We’ve raised Angel and Pre-Seed Rounds from some of the best builders in crypto and Ai: Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO, Neeva, Greylock), Jason Warner (ex-GitHub CTO), Chris Larsen (founder of Ripple), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp), Protocol Labs, Shima, SBI, Fenbushi, HashKey and more.

- We value Optimism, Kindness, Curiosity, Speed and Grit.

- Only two recurring weekly meetings to maximize state of flow: Monday all-hands, Friday Demos.

- Careful with growth and never had to do layoffs.

- Capital efficient with 3+ years of runway.

Open Roles: Eng (iOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth

How to Apply: visit https://puma.tech or email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.

Thank you!

Jeep and others have it but drive like a bowling ball with guardrails up.

Has anyone here successfully retrofitted Audi a4 with ACC? I hear Cruise started like that, would be awesome to get a kit like that.