Verum · For investors
In a category burned by data leaks,trust is the product. And it can't be copied.
Verum is a thinking journal and personal companion that runs 100% on the edge device. Zero cloud, zero inference cost, and a clinical-grade Hebrew evaluation system no competitor has. A wellness product that's fast to market, with a clinical track building credibility in parallel.
Why now
The 2026 regulatory wave works in our favor
The EU AI Act, the Illinois, Nevada and Utah laws, and FDA scrutiny of mental-health chatbots are shutting down exactly what Verum never was: generic cloud AI therapy. We are positioned as a wellness product with provable privacy, while the entire market is pushed in our direction.
Wellness, fast to market
A thinking journal and meaning exploration for consumers. One-time purchase plus an optional subscription for model updates: local-first, paid updates. No cloud inference costs, so margins grow with every user instead of eroding.
Research, slow and compounding
Academic pilots under ethics committees build an evidence file for the European reimbursement market (DiGA) and future regulation. The research feeds the brand with credibility without touching the commercial product's classification.
Competitive moats
Four assets you cannot copy in a press release
Under the hood
Four systems, one device, zero cloud
AThe local language engine
A small open model (3 to 8 billion parameters) in 4-bit GGUF quantization, NPU-accelerated via llama.cpp or MLC. Full native conversation with no network and no cloud latency. Voice input via Hebrew-tuned Whisper.
BThe DREAM engine
At night, while the device charges and stays cool, Verum synthesizes the journal in incremental segments and builds a psychological insight graph. Every insight is stored with a source quote and a confidence level, decays if unconfirmed, and is fully editable by the user. The memory is the seed.
CThe safety router
Deterministic layering: dictionary and regex in milliseconds, a tiny semantic classifier, and only then the model. In static mode the model composes nothing: a fixed message with immediate help lines. A philosophical conversation about meaning stays free; real distress gets an immediate response.
DThe truth anchor
Validated instruments (WHO-5, MLQ, CD-Quest) are collected locally and serve as ground truth for the memory. An insight that contradicts the numbers is marked contested and phrased as a question, not a fact. The user is right about themselves by default.
Evidence, not promises
We built the evaluation system first. Then the product.
238 clinical-grade Hebrew scenarios, an automated judge calibrated against clinicians, and release gates that are not up for negotiation.
The scenario bank, by axis
Release gates
And in parallel, a clinical track: a feasibility pilot under a Helsinki ethics committee with a psychiatrist Co-PI, building an evidence file for European regulation (DiGA) without touching the commercial product's classification.
Roadmap
From the lab to the shelf, in four phases
The evaluation foundationDone
The 238-scenario Hebrew bank, automated judge and rubrics, baselines across open models, and a first Hebrew crisis router. The asset that settles every decision that follows.
The product on iOSIn advanced development
A quantized (4-bit) model on the Neural Engine, transparent editable memory, an incremental DREAM engine that runs while charging, focused anti-sycophancy training, and Hebrew voice input.
Clinical pilot and publicationIn motion
A ward feasibility pilot under a Helsinki committee, opt-in aggregate telemetry, an Android version, and a first academic publication on safety and feasibility.
Commercial launchQ2 2027
A wellness launch, Israel first, an evidence file for the European market, and expansions driven by feedback: voice output and deeper memory personalization.
The team
Who is behind Verum
Maayan Sides, MD
Physician and founder. Leads the product, the clinical-grade Hebrew evaluation system and the regulatory track. Verum was born from clinical work: the need for an honest mirror that hides nothing and leaks nowhere.
Senior psychiatrist · Co-PI
An active research partnership with a senior psychiatrist as Co-PI, and a ward feasibility pilot in preparation under a Helsinki ethics committee. Full details in the investor package and on a call.
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The investor package includes the strategy document, the architecture spec, the evaluation report and a live demo on a real device. One conversation, and you'll see why trust is the next category.