Context
Most AI companions are thin LLM wrappers with no lasting state, creature-like continuity, or persistent desktop presence.
Projects
Anima — Digital Pet Companion
ANIMA is a digital pet companion prototype with persistent drives, evolving memory, emotional state, perception loops, and an expressive desktop body. Status: Research / Prototype. Core behavior does not rely on an LLM; optional LLM assist is peripheral.
Research / Prototype
AI Systems
Desktop companion with drives, memory, and mood
Approach
ANIMA centers drives, memory, mood, perception, and interaction loops with an expressive body on the desktop.
Features
Persistent drives and needs
Evolving memory of people and events
Mood and reaction through interaction
Expressive visual body
Desktop companion loop
Capabilities
- Companion architecture where core behavior does not depend on an LLM
- Persistent emotional and behavioral state as a research goal
- Long-term relationship and memory design in scope
- Desktop-native expressive presence under prototype study
Technologies
Custom behavior stackDesktop runtimeState and perception modelsVisual embodimentOptional LLM assist (not core)
Notes
- Prototype for companion agents with persistent state beyond chat wrappers.
- Desktop embodiment loop for long-horizon interaction research.