Reges · LIKE A KING INC.

A private AI desktop that sees, hears and acts on your PC with local models: how Reges is built

A private, local-first AI for Windows with vision, hand tracking, voice and an agent, plus an on-premises front desk for businesses.

Most AI assistants live in a browser tab and answer a question. You still do the work: copy the output, open the folder, send the email. And everything you type goes to a server you do not control. The alternative is an assistant that runs on your own computer, sees you through a webcam, listens for its name, and then does the task on your machine, asking before anything it cannot undo.

That is the idea behind Reges, from LIKE A KING INC., a small New York software studio. This article covers what it is, how it is built, what it costs, and the part you should know first: it is currently a waitlist, not a download.

What is Reges?

The site describes it as "a private AI that sees you, follows your hands and answers your voice, then does the work on your own PC with local models." There are two products. Reges Desktop is for you, on your own Windows PC. Reges for Business is a private AI front desk and office assistant, installed on your premises.

What problem does it solve?

Two things. For individuals, it is the gap between a chatbot and an assistant that actually opens files, drafts email, researches and plans tasks, without sending your camera, microphone or documents to a cloud. For small businesses, it is calls that go unanswered and bookings that get missed.

How does it work?

The site lays out the architecture in plain terms. Everything runs on the computer in front of you. Your PC hosts a webcam pipeline for face and objects, a microphone pipeline for speech-to-text, a voice for text-to-speech, the agent, memory on your disk, and a local model server (LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint) running on your GPU.

• Vision. Owner face recognition greets you by name. Object detection and a local vision model can describe what you hold up, including text on screen.
• Hands. Pinch to grab a window, spread two hands to resize it, fling it away to close. The site cites 21 joints per hand, from a plain webcam, tracked on your own CPU.
• Voice. Say "Reges" and it listens. The wake word, speech-to-text and natural voice all run locally. Talk over it and it stops to listen.
• Agent. 316 tools and a library of about 150 skills with 36 personas. It opens files, drafts email, researches, plans tasks and searches your documents, then tells you out loud that it is done. 27 connectors link to services you already use. Anything that leaves the machine (email, posts, payments, deploys) waits for your yes.
• Memory. After each conversation it keeps facts worth remembering, merges duplicates and tidies them nightly. Passwords and keys are scrubbed before anything is stored.
• Lockdown. Say "lockdown" and it takes no actions until it sees your face or you type the master password.

By default its server answers only to your own machine. Setup is described as about 15 minutes, most of it the model download: install Reges and a local model, say "Reges, remember me," and talk, point and pinch.

Reges for Business. It answers calls, books appointments and takes messages on a machine you own. It always says it is an AI. Bookings, messages and leads are logged to your contacts, and staff get email drafts and document search. There are no per-message bills from us because the model runs on your hardware.

Who is it for?

Desktop: Windows users who want a private assistant and have the hardware. The FAQ lists Windows 10 or 11, a modern 8-core CPU, 32 GB of RAM, a graphics card with 12 GB of video memory, a webcam and a microphone. Business: restaurants, home services, coworking, salons and retail on the Basic tier, and law firms, dealerships and offices on the Pro tier.

How much does it cost?

Launch pricing, in USD, "subject to change," as stated on the site.

Reges Desktop

• Free: the core assistant with free cloud or local models.
• Founder Lifetime: $199 one-time, first 500 licenses. Everything in Pro for Reges Desktop, up to 3 PCs, a founder badge and a vote on the roadmap.
• Pro: $29 a month or $290 a year. Up to 3 PCs.
• Max: $99 a month or $990 a year, for people who run many agents.
• A full refund within 14 days. Items marked "when it ships" are not available yet.

Reges for Business, per location, with phone carrier charges at cost and hardware quoted separately at cost plus 15%:

• Basic: from $299 a month, setup from $1,500. One line, two calls at once, 2,000 AI minutes.
• Pro: from $599 a month, setup from $3,500 (dealerships $4,500 plus $899 per rooftop). Up to four calls at once and one integration.
• Enterprise: from $1,950 a month, setup from $15,000, sized to your call volume.

How is it different from the obvious alternatives?

Cloud assistants such as ChatGPT or Claude are strong and convenient, and they run on someone else's servers. Reges starts local. Running a local model in LM Studio or Ollama gives you a model and a chat window. Reges uses those as its model layer and adds vision, hands, voice, an agent and memory. AI phone-answering services are typically hosted. Reges for Business is installed on-prem with a flat monthly fee, supported by us. None of them is wrong for every case.

What it can't do yet

• It is a waitlist. Every plan button says "Join early access." We found no download link on the site, despite the "Get Reges" button.
• Some features are labeled "when it ships," including Reges Build, the cluster mode and the phone companion.
• The hardware requirements are heavy: 32 GB RAM and a 12 GB GPU.
• "Nothing leaves your PC" is the default. If you point it at a cloud model for a particular job, that data goes to that provider, and web research and connectors need a connection.
• Launch pricing is subject to change.

What's next?

The site lists Reges Code Pro, Engineer mode and Teams "as they ship," a Reges Build app builder, a cluster mode and a phone companion. Reges Code, our free local-first code editor, is a separate product available now at regescode.com.

The business behind it

Two revenue lines are stated: Desktop licenses and subscriptions (Free, Founder Lifetime, Pro, Max), and Business installations (setup fee plus a flat monthly fee per location, with hardware at cost plus 15%). The pitch is that privacy and per-token costs push users and small businesses toward local inference, and that a phone front desk is a concrete, priced use case. Distribution for now is the waitlist and our own sites. We are not citing user numbers, revenue or growth, because we have no verified figures to share. The defensible parts are the integration depth (vision, hands, voice, agent, memory in one local stack) and installed relationships on the Business side.

FAQ

Is Reges available to download?

Not yet. The site has an early-access waitlist for every plan.

Where does my data go?

The site says nowhere: camera frames, audio, files and conversations are processed on your own computer, and there is no Reges cloud. Web research, updates and connectors you choose reach the internet.

Does it need the internet?

Only to download Reges and its models. After that the core (seeing, listening, speaking, thinking) runs offline.

What models can I use?

Any model you run locally in LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp or another OpenAI-compatible server. A cloud model is possible per job, but local is the default.

What computer do I need?

Windows 10 or 11, a modern 8-core CPU, 32 GB RAM, a 12 GB graphics card, a webcam and a microphone.

Try it: https://regescore.pro (join early access)

Written with AI assistance and reviewed by the LIKE A KING INC. team. LIKE A KING INC. is a software studio in New York.