MacVoices #26177: Flip The Script - Vladyslav Hamolia On MacPaw's AI Assistant, Eney

At Flip The Script in San Francisco at WWDC, Vladyslav Hamolia, AI Staff Engineer for MacPaw.discusses the company's push to become AI-first by rethinking existing products, building internal tools, and supporting third-party vendors. He profiles Eney, the MacPaw AI assistant (available in Setapp) designed to perform tasks, optimize workflows, and improve daily routines. It addresses security while balancing local-first privacy goals with hybrid cloud models.  Show Notes: Chapters: 00:03 Introduction from Flip the Script at WWDC 2026 00:16 Vlad's role in MacPaw's AI initiatives 00:33 Building an AI-first company and rethinking products 00:47 Combining open source, proprietary models, and platform tools 01:15 MacPaw as its own first customer for AI development 01:42 Testing integrations across products and vendors 02:01 Experimental AI products and user problem-solving 02:31 NA as an AI-first assistant for macOS 03:10 Defining AI-first beyond hype and marketing 04:20 Current AI products available for customers to try 04:54 Fast inference, memory layers, and third-party vendor tools 05:14 NA use cases: optimization, routines, and cybersecurity 05:40 File conversion, updates, Mac optimization, and app connections 06:10 Security, privacy, and on-device AI questions 06:29 Local-first goals and hybrid AI model experimentation 07:32 Where to learn more about MacPaw's AI research 08:03 Closing comments and outro Links: MacPaw Setapp Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon      http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:      http://macvoices.com      Twitter:      http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner      http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Mastodon:      https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner      Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes      Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss