Nine months ago, I hit a low point. I was struggling with worrisome TBI setbacks. I felt I would not be able to get the help that I needed. I had to use my skills to help myself.
That feeling brought to mind one of my heroes, the musician Vic Chesnutt. He was a brilliant, wheelchair bound quadriplegic artist. He was lost to despair over a system that failed him. He needed $50k for a surgery and couldn't get the money. He chose not to continue the struggle. His story became my mission: How many other capable people are struggling, their potential locked away by challenges that the right tools could help overcome? How many geniuses must we lose due to lack of a safety net?
The spark for Emryk™ was a realization: a truly private AI, could become a trusted partner trained on my life. It evolved into a reasoning engine, free from the cruft and slop of commercial AI. A tool alone isn't enough. It needed a source of empathy. That's why the vision grew into a collaborative peer-support system.
Imagine an AI that learns an individual's unique needs, guided by the insight of their human peer support specialist. As the specialist adapts to the patient, so does the AI. This is the future of Emryk™—and I'm already working with my own specialist to prove it. This is more than a product; it’s a mission to unlock potential, and to do it with privacy, dignity, and independence. Emryk is here to help. On your terms.