Curiosity comes with a bill
Every question meters tokens, seats, or compute - so leaders limit questions instead of encouraging them.
the unit economics of curiosity
The AI analyst that lives on your Mac - fast, flat-cost, private.
Install turbolapper - AFM and ask as often as you want. Apple Intelligence runs the analysis on your Mac - so your data stays put, questions stay flat-cost, and you leave with answers you can take into the room. Raw files to a prepared story. Every claim shows its work.
Built by veterans from
Apple
Google
Confluent
BigCommerce
AI made questions cheap to attempt - and expensive to actually run.
Three habits the cloud-plus-metered-AI era trained into your team - and every one of them raises the cost of curiosity.
Your data has to leave to get answers
With Apple Intelligence on your Mac, the most sensitive questions stay with the work - analysis runs where the data already lives.
Follow-ups wait on tickets
Follow-up questions land in the same session. The second and third question - where the real insight lives - happen in the same session.
Example cost shape for discussion - not a vendor price quote.
Two advantages built in
The field is strong on discovery and scale - and even stronger here.
Private by architecture
With Apple Intelligence on your Mac, exploration stays where the data already lives - so sensitive questions get asked on-device.
Curiosity at flat cost
Ask more questions at the same flat monthly price. One ask or a hundred, the price stays the same.
Open to the people who own the bill and the risk
CFO / finance & risk
Owns the cloud bill and the risk register. Flat cost + data that stays in-house.
“Ten times the questions, and my dataset stays on my Mac.”
Analyst & curious operator
Tired of waiting on tickets when they need an answer now. Instant, private, and theirs.
“I can just ask - and it’s no one’s business but mine.”
CTO / security & IT
Owns what is allowed on the machine. On-device processing keeps exploration inside the walls for sensitive work.
“They can explore all they want, and nothing sensitive leaves the device.”
Researchers
Secure reproducibility with flat-cost local follow-ups.
Sensitive & proprietary data
When exploration should stay on hardware you control.
Corporations & boutiques
IP stays put; exploration stops ballooning warehouse bills.
Define · prep · analyze · deliver
The loop is simple. Trust is won in prep and on-device analysis with Apple Intelligence. See Technology for architecture and benchmarks.
Questions people ask about private AI analytics and turbolapper
Is turbolapper - AFM an app I download, or cloud software?
turbolapper - AFM is a native macOS app. You install it and work with data on your machine. Built for macOS 26+ and Apple Intelligence. Join the waitlist for download access. Requirements
What is Local Analytics?
Local Analytics means AI analysis where heavy data work runs on hardware you control. turbolapper - AFM is the Mac app that turns raw data files into a slide deck using Apple Intelligence on-device. Details: Technology.
Where does my data live?
On your Mac. Analysis runs with Apple Intelligence on-device, so your dataset stays with the work. Privacy
What model powers turbolapper - AFM?
Apple Intelligence (Apple Foundation Model) is included. Prep, ask, and deliver with the on-device brain that ships with the product. How it works
How does pricing work? Is there a per-query or token meter?
Flat monthly plans: Starter free (100 MB), Personal, Business-Commercial, and Pro by capacity and prep depth. Commercial use is included from Business-Commercial up. Enterprise is custom. Apple Intelligence is included with the app. Pricing
Is turbolapper a Snowflake replacement?
Keep your warehouse for heavy centralized scale. Use turbolapper - AFM for private, flat-cost exploration and follow-ups on your Mac. Economics
Can I analyze large CSVs or millions of rows on a Mac?
Yes. Public demos include 200M+ NYC open taxi trips on a Mac (M2 / 32 GB), multi-year retail prep, and multi-series federal work. See Technology, plus the federal data, NYC taxi, and retail prep write-ups.
Who is turbolapper - AFM for?
Finance and risk leaders who care about cloud spend and data that stays local; analysts who need answers in the same session; security and IT teams who want exploration that stays on-device; plus researchers, consultants, and teams with sensitive proprietary data. Commercial work needs Business-Commercial or above. For multi-seat packaging, Contact us.
Do you have an Enterprise plan?
Yes - Enterprise starts at $500/month with capacity 10 TB+, for multi-seat Local Analytics across the organization (commercial use included). Contact us / Schedule a demo, or join the waitlist and note Enterprise interest. Full tier list on Pricing.
Where can I see demos and Team Data Crunch videos?
Read the write-ups on Technology (federal data, retail prep, NYC taxi). Watch the full session archive on Community. Join the waitlist for the shipping app.
Get turbolapper - AFM. Raw data to a deck - flat-cost and private.
Confirm macOS 26 + Apple Intelligence, then join the waitlist. Pricing, technology, and community are ready when you want more detail.