A personal AI agent

Bartimaeus

A personal AI agent that works only with your keys, in your apps, on your phone — and asks before it acts.

The short version

Works with your keys, in your apps, on your phone — and asks before it acts.

Your key, your call

The agent runs in the cloud, without needing your phone to run — it works on a model key you already own. Your model bill stays yours, at your key's price. No bundled tokens, no per-run fees. When a model company prices you out, the agent stays yours.

Reads first. Asks before it acts.

Everything starts read-only. Drafts wait in your outbox until you tap send. Anything sensitive pauses and comes to your phone as an approval card — approve, deny, or undo. The gates are enforced by the service, not decided by the model.

Runs on your routine

Set a skill on a schedule — a morning brief before coffee, a Friday tidy of your inbox. It works while you are away from the phone and leaves you a receipt of everything it did.

Three steps

Three steps to your own agent.

  1. Bring your key

    Use the model key you already pay for. Two minutes, no new accounts, no credit card.

  2. Connect your apps

    Gmail, Calendar, Todoist, Notion and more. Every connection starts read-only and keeps its own kill switch.

  3. Approve as it works

    Drafts, schedules and lists land on your phone. One tap approves. Every action can be undone.

Showcase skills

Things it can do from day one.

Pricing

What it costs.

Bartimaeus is in private testing — not yet open to the public.

Free

£0/month

Everything starts read-only. Try the approvals without spending a penny.

  • 30 minutes of active compute a month
  • Your own key, brought with you
  • Write access through approvals
  • No scheduled runs, no browser tool

Premium

£5/month

The agent that gets things done, on your schedule.

  • Scheduled skills, on your routine
  • Approvals on your phone, one tap each
  • Browses the web for the jobs no app covers
  • Up to eight hours of work a day — plenty for a day's work
  • No tokens or credits bundled — your own key pays for the model, £5 pays for the agent
  • Annual launch offer: £50 a year — two months free
Join the waitlist

More tiers coming. On the App Store, Premium is £5.99 a month or £59.99 a year. You bring your own model key; the model bill is always yours, at your key's price.

Questions

Questions, answered plainly.

Is Bartimaeus available now?

Not yet. Bartimaeus is in private testing — not yet open to the public. Closed-beta places go to waitlist members first: join the waitlist and you will get one email when your spot opens.

What does it cost?

Free to start: 30 minutes of active compute a month, your own AI key, write access through approvals — no scheduled runs, no browser tool. Premium is £5.00 a month on the web (£5.99 on the App Store) for scheduled skills, the browser tool and up to eight session-hours a day; the annual plan is £50 a year, two months free. On both tiers, the model bill stays yours, at your key's price.

Why do I need my own AI key?

Bartimaeus is bring-your-own-key: you connect a model key from a provider you choose — DeepSeek, Claude, GPT, Gemini, OpenRouter, anything you bring. Your key pays for the thinking; Bartimaeus does the doing. That is why Premium costs £5.00 a month instead of $20 or more: no bundled tokens, no per-run fees.

Will it act without me?

No. Read-only by default: Gmail drafts stay drafts until you tap send, anything sensitive pauses and asks on an approval card, every action has a receipt you can undo, and every connection has a kill switch. The gates are enforced by the service, not decided by the model.

Where does it run while my laptop is closed?

In the cloud, in its own isolated container. Sessions exist only while work is happening and stop when it is done — always available, never always on. A scheduled skill can get the work done while your laptop, and your phone, are out of reach.

Which apps does it work with?

Your own accounts: Gmail, Google Calendar, Todoist, Reminders, Notion and more — every connection starts read-only, with its own kill switch. Premium adds a sandboxed browser tool for the sites that have no API.

How do I get in?

Join the waitlist below. Closed-beta places go to waitlist members first — one email when your spot opens.

Waitlist

Join the waitlist.

Closed-beta places go to waitlist members first. One email when your spot opens.

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