Freu AI
Mac-native agent that learns your cross-app workflows once and executes them locally at zero recurring cost, using Ahead-of-Time compilation and a Semantic UI engine.
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Product Overview
What is Freu AI?
Freu AI is a desktop automation agent for Mac that replaces both brittle traditional RPA and expensive cloud-vision agents. Instead of sending screenshots to the cloud on every run, Freu AI watches you perform a workflow once, compiles it into a reusable deterministic DSL (Domain Specific Language) via its Semantic UI (SUI) engine, and then executes it locally — permanently eliminating recurring API token costs. The underlying browser automation engine, freu-cli, is open-sourced and can be embedded into third-party agents. Freu AI is built by Supercritical AI Inc. and targets developers, operations teams, and power users who run repetitive cross-app tasks daily.
Key Features
Ahead-of-Time (AOT) Compilation
Records a workflow once using a cloud vision model to compile it into a reusable DSL, so all subsequent executions run locally with zero recurring token cost.
Semantic UI (SUI) Engine
Anchors to the semantic meaning of UI elements rather than rigid coordinates or DOM selectors, making compiled workflows resilient to minor app layout changes and updates.
Cross-App Desktop Automation
Automates workflows spanning multiple native macOS and web applications simultaneously using a single natural language instruction.
Open-Source Browser Engine (freu-cli)
The underlying DOM-based browser automation engine is open-sourced, allowing developers to integrate it into their own agents for instant web task execution.
Local Vision Execution (Upcoming)
A lightweight, SUI-optimized local vision model is in development to handle execution entirely on-device, ensuring full screen data privacy and zero API cost even for anomaly recovery.
Use Cases
- Repetitive Data Entry : Operations teams can teach Freu AI a data extraction and entry workflow once — e.g., pulling from a PDF into Excel — and run it indefinitely at no extra cost.
- Cross-App Workflow Automation : Power users can automate multi-step tasks that span several desktop apps, replacing fragile AppleScript macros or manual copy-paste routines.
- Enterprise Process Automation : Finance, logistics, and compliance teams can automate high-frequency operational workflows across legacy systems and modern SaaS without API integrations.
- Developer Agent Tooling : Developers can embed freu-cli into their own AI agents to give them reliable, pre-compiled browser automation capabilities with minimal setup.
- Cost Reduction for AI Pipelines : Teams running daily vision-based desktop automations can cut AI token usage by up to 90% by compiling tasks once and executing locally thereafter.
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