A New Model for Intelligence. The next era of AI won't come from a single system in the cloud, but from a civilization of models owned by the people closest to the problem.

This country was built on the freedom to make something worth owning. We're still building on it. And building for the ones who come next. Happy 250th, America.

Introducing The Block. A new series about the people behind webAI. We walk Austin with a different teammate each episode, hear what they're working on, and end at their go-to spot. Ep. 1: Rohit Jayakrishnan, ML Engineer. Coffee at Desnudo. ☕️

AI policy should not be defined only by what frontier labs, cloud platforms, and centralized model providers believe is best. webAI has a different view: ownership, local control, distributed intelligence, practical deployment, and a focus on the people and institutions AI is meant to serve. Here’s what we think AI policy should stand for: – Empowerment over extraction – Control belongs with the user – The strongest intelligence is distributed and specialized – AI should be a utility for everyday work and life – AI policy should reward practical, broadly shared value Read the full piece: webai.com/blog/what-webai-st…

AI data centers bring environmental & security concerns. Jason Rathje, president of public sector, @thewebAI and former director, DoD Office of Strategic Capital: Anytime you centralize power, data, and now artificial intelligence, you create an acute threat for our adversaries."

Intelligence is getting smaller. Our CEO @Davidstout was featured in @theinformation on why the data center boom is a mistake and where AI is actually headed. "Data centers won't disappear, but the majority of work will happen at the edge. Apple made the bet correctly there." Read the full article: theinformation.com/articles/…

"Any time you centralize power, data, and now artificial intelligence, you create an acute threat for our adversaries." Our President of Public Sector Jason Rathje was on @CNN This Morning talking about AI data centers, the strain they're putting on communities, and what a real alternative looks like.

HUGE thanks to every builder who shipped. Already planning the next one. Join our community to get in on the next challenge: community.webai.com/ #YOLOMLX

Full demos and write-ups for each winner coming over the next week. Stay tuned. Big shoutout to our co-hosts HackAI, AITX, and Antler for hosting our kickoff events in Austin. Couldn't have pulled it off without them.

🏆 Wild track: Don't Wake Up by Saksham Adhikari and Kusum B. A CV alarm clock that requires the 6-7 movement and a real coffee mug. Tries to cheat with a phone? Calls you out. x.com/saksham_adh/status/205…

🏆 Austin track: Autonomous Rotato by Kasif Gilbert A combat robot that uses YOLO26 to autonomously chase an RC truck around an arena. Built for Austin's Weaponized Plastic league. youtube.com/watch?v=5St4Z05x…

🏆 Enterprise track: SENTINEL by Lexi Armstrong and Igor Eduardo On-device visual triage for mass-casualty scenarios. Zero network egress, demo recorded with WiFi disabled. linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…

🏆 Useful track: Vault by Kunal Vasavada Privacy-first iPhone home inventory. RoomPlan LiDAR YOLO26 on a single ARSession. Photos never leave the device. slideshow-kohl.vercel.app

The winners of our first YOLO26 MLX Build Challenge are in. 7 days. 4 tracks. 4 wins. Here's what builders shipped 🛠

Our YOLO26 MLX Build Challenge kicked off this week. Thanks to our co-hosts HackAI, AITX, and Antler for hosting us in Austin. 7 days. 4 tracks. $4,000 in prizes. Open to anyone in the US. Submissions due Sunday May 24. Full brief and how to enter: community.webai.com/t/the-yo…

Side Quest: building/testing a Swift MLX iOS implementation for the @Webai YOLO26 MLX Challenge iPhone 16 Pro Max live test: - Live camera tracking overlays✅ - Still-image object detection✅ - On-device inference✅ - Early physical-device validation✅ Write-up coming soon

Our first open source build challenge starts Monday. 7 days. 4 tracks. $4K in prizes. Build something with YOLO26 MLX, our open source object detection model built for Apple Silicon. Two kickoff events in Austin: 🗓 Mon 5/18 with Hack AI (Capital Factory): luma.com/io3nuky7 🗓 Tue 5/19 with @aitxcommunity @AntlerGlobal: luma.com/webai-yolo Full brief and how to join: webai.discourse.group/t/the-…

Our President of Public Sector, Jason Rathje, was on CNBC's Morning Call this morning talking about the US/China AI arms race and what it's going to take for America to stay ahead. He made the point that distributed AI and reducing dependence on centralized cloud infrastructure is not just a technical decision. It is a national security one. Watch the full segment on CNBC: cnbc.com/video/2026/05/14/ja…

Jason Rathje, President of Public Sector at @thewebAI, says the U.S. must develop distributed AI systems and reduce reliance on centralized cloud infrastructure as competition with China intensifies. $NVDA $MSFT $GOOGL $AMZN $TSLA cnbc.com/video/2026/05/14/ja…

9/ That approach earned two of the top three spots on ViDoRe V3: heterogeneous data, targeted rebalancing, efficient adaptation, and an objective built for ranking quality. We're open sourcing both models so anyone can build with them. Blog: webai.com/blog/webai-colvec1… Try both models on Hugging Face: ColVec1-9B: huggingface.co/webAI-Officia… ColVec1-4B: huggingface.co/webAI-Officia…