Home — the center of local AI

When everything in the world is going crazy,
there’s no place like home.

That’s where you live. That’s where the work lives. The AI should too. FolkTech AI builds local AI for your business and your Mac.

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SAME VALLEY. ANOTHER KIND OF HOME.

Where you live.
Where you work.
Where your AI belongs.

The procedures. The projects. The knowledge your team has built. Give it a home on hardware you control.

Meet Serena Business
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FROM A PLACE TO A PURPOSE

Your team knows a lot.
Make it easier to find.

Bring your approved procedures, policies, and training material into Serena Business. Ask a question in plain English and work with your own company’s knowledge.

Let’s talk about your workflow
AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORKFLOW
What does a new team member need before their first day?
Your approved onboarding procedures

Start with the information your company has already approved.

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Why we exist

FolkTech AI is the company.
The products come after.

Founded by Michael Folk, with 33 years in healthcare, including 16 as a paramedic. That experience shapes the work: useful tools, clear answers, and systems people can depend on.

Local-first is not a slogan, and home is not only the house. It is the clinic, the shop, the machine you already own. Local processing gives you control over where the work runs. Your hardware, power, backups, permissions, and chosen connections still matter.

Las Vegas. FolkTech AI LLC.

The company

Products, format, school.

Product · Mac

Serena

A local assistant for your Mac. Free to download, with no account required for core use.

 Product · Organizations

Serena Business

Answers from your own documents, on hardware you control.
Product · Coming

Jake

Fall and isolation detection that stays in the house.

Open format

.ftai

Human-native format for memory, protocols, and agents. Readable by a person. Parseable by a machine.
Coming

FolkTech Academy

How to build and run local-first systems. Not a course farm. The school for the work.

Blog

Local-first, explained.

Dec 15, 2025 · Local-first

What is Local-First AI?

What it means to run AI on hardware you control.

 Dec 5, 2025 · Architecture

Beyond JSON

Why we built .ftai — a human-native format for memory, protocols, and agents.

 Aug 9, 2025 · Trust

Why we refuse to cut corners

Hype doesn’t save lives. Transparency is an architecture choice.

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Answers

What people ask first.

What is local-first AI?
AI that runs on hardware you control. The model, the memory, and the answer stay on the device. Setup, licensing, updates, and optional connected features can require a network connection.
Is FolkTech AI a product or a company?
FolkTech AI LLC is the company. Serena, Jake, .ftai, and FolkTech Academy are what the company makes.
Does “home” only mean a house?
No. Home is the house, the clinic, the shop, and the machine you already pay for. Local means the work stays there.
Does Serena send data to the cloud?
Core document processing and answers run locally. Setup, licensing, updates, and optional connected features are separate; discuss the deployment requirements with us.

Talk to us

Make your next step
a useful one.

Tell us where your team loses time finding procedures, policies, or training information. In 30 minutes, we’ll discuss your workflow and whether Serena Business fits.

Discuss your workflow feedback@folktechai.com