Vero
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The persistent assistant we are building for ongoing work, context and useful follow-through.
Vinci by SimpleDirect helps you write, think and build.
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Try a short example chatVero, connected workflows and organization controls are in development.

In development

The persistent assistant we are building for ongoing work, context and useful follow-through.
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Start with the web or mobile apps today. Explore the connected desktop and cross-device experience in development.
Public CLI and released artifacts

Explore Vinci Code CLI and our released open-weight models, with documentation, source evidence and limitations.
8B, 30B and 123B · Open-weight research models
123B · Open weights · Devstral 2 · Mistral Modified MITA client brief, a budget spreadsheet, last-minute changes. Bring them into Vinci and shape a proposal, a work plan and a clear next decision.
Vinci for Work · In development

Start with the brief, budget and scope notes in one conversation.
A proposal and work plan sit beside the conversation, ready to edit.
The files disagree on the deadline. Confirm it before sharing the proposal.
Illustrative task · Nothing has been sent.
Your team’s context, drafts and next steps. One place to move the work forward.
In development
See Vinci for Work
Work through the technical questions that need deeper expertise. From choosing an approach to building and evaluating a custom solution, define the work around a specific outcome.
Consulting can stand on its own or complement Vinci. Scope, deliverables, acceptance and responsibilities are agreed for each engagement.
Work through the technical choices, constraints and trade-offs before committing to a solution.
Scope model engineering, integrations and qualified deployment work around your requirements.
Define useful tests, assess the evidence and make the limits clear before expanding use.
Explore two short example chats: write a message or ask about a note. Choose a question or a follow-up and see the reply change. No typing or account needed.
Fictional example · Prewritten replies
You
Help me ask my neighbour to turn the music down. It’s keeping me awake.
AI
Hi! Could you turn the music down a little? I’m trying to get some sleep. Thanks.
Pretend chat. The note and replies are written examples.
Our neighbourhood book-repair afternoon is on Saturday, 24 October, from 2 to 4 pm in the library meeting room. Bring a book that needs a small repair. Materials will be provided.
You
Is the afternoon free?
AI example
The note doesn’t say whether it’s free. You’d need to ask the organiser.
Estimate a task using your own rates, token usage, retries, and operating costs.
Compare released models by purpose, format, and licence, with direct links to their records.
Useful guides to agents, evaluation, open weights, and reviewing AI-generated work.

Trained to help find problems when building AI, make careful changes, and ask for more information when needed.
A valid held-out ML-engineering evaluation has not been completed for 1.0.

8B, 30B and 123B are available with open weights on Hugging Face.

A coding agent for your terminal.

Research into what AI evaluations miss.

Our open-source CLI helps our AI agents work on coding tasks and keep track of what’s done, what’s blocked, and what still needs checking. See the tool we use in our own work.
Explore Vinci Code CLIWe study AI-model behaviour and the reliability of the tests used to judge it. Technical reports preserve methods, trade-offs, corrections, and negative findings.
Start with a question. Explore the tests and practical guides behind running models locally, reading AI results and checking completed work.
Explore the reading pathsConestoga’s Piccolo conversations exposed budget errors, unwanted edits and missing answers. What to check before relying on a small local AI model.
Meet the Conestoga researchers testing Piccolo on Macs, small computers and a phone, and see what the early results mean for choosing a local AI setup.
Conestoga tested Piccolo on a 6 GB Samsung phone. See the generation times, the memory warning and what to check before relying on local AI.
SimpleDirect builds software, engineers AI systems, and publishes research. We want technology to demand less of your life—and leave more of it up to you.