Postcard from Vision: EdgeRunner Athena Delivers AI with a Side of Security

postcard from vision: edgerunner athena delivers ai with a side of security. april 1, 2025 published client computing at intel vision 2025 in las vegas, edgerunner ai ceo tyler saltsman (left) and coo colton malkerson pose at a demo showing their personalized ai agents that use large language models to create actions on behalf of users. the demonstration shows chat exchanges for sending out a calendar invitation and an email to contacts, with all of the natural language processing happening on-device. edgerunner’s generative ai platform is optimized to run efficiently on intel processors, including the intel core ultra 200v series. (credit: intel corporation). optimized for intel’s newest processors, athena serves as a hyper-personalized assistant without the need for internet connectivity. in this article: to: anyone who needs a secure, on-device ai assistant. from: intel collaborator edgerunner ai. meet edgerunner athena. at intel vision 2025 in las vegas, customer edgerunner ai is demonstrating this state-of-the-art generative ai platform. developed for the military, the athena technology provides defense and enterprise users a hyper-personalized assistant without the need for internet connectivity. think of it as an on-device ai agent that uses natural language processing – it works just like you were talking to another person. leveraging intel’s openvino™ toolkit, edgerunner has optimized athena for intel’s latest processors, including intel® core™ ultra 200v series processors. athena can send emails, create calendar invitations, send slack messages and search the internet for real-time information using models running on-device for enhanced privacy. athena is also capable of offline, localized retrieval-augmented generation of any document type. this lets users analyze confidential documents privately. athena can also generate code, translate and transcribe conversations in real time and help users answer questions, summarize documents and generate ideas. edgerunner can do a lot. and it all adds up, edgerunner engineers say, to technology that boosts productivity, decision-making and operational efficiency – all while ensuring data privacy and security. ps: edgerunner and intel partner to deliver on-device ai agents to intel ai pcs | intel vision 2025 (press kit).