NOVA - Offline Personal AI Agent Solution Powered by MLX-A1
NOVA (Neural On-device Virtual Assistant) is a desktop AI agent solution that allows users to run personalized large language models and multimodal applications locally - without internet, cloud services, or external PCs.
Powered by MLX-A1, Mobilint's standalone AI box that delivers 80 TOPS of performance using a dedicated NPU combined with a 13th Gen Intel i5 CPU and Iris® Xe Graphics, NOVA supports advanced AI workloads, including speech input/output (STT/TTS), RAG-based personalized memory, and real-time multimodal inference.
Weighing 1.3kg and enclosed in a rugged chassis rated for –20°C to 60°C, NOVA is deployable in home, research, or field settings. Users can access over 300 ready-to-run models via Mobilint’s Model Zoo (https://github.com/mobilint/mblt-model-zoo), eliminating setup complexity. Preloaded with Ubuntu/Windows and Mobilint’s SDK, NOVA offers a fully self-contained experience for researchers, educators, and developers looking for private, low-latency, and on-device AI interaction on a single, deployment-ready device.