I build tools that keep the sensitive decision explicit.

I am a solo founder in Houston, building Atarla AI full-time: AI infrastructure you own.

I publish what I find out along the way, with the method and the sources attached.

Selected work

Gaze
Live2026–
A command-line tool that drives the browser you are already signed in to, and asks before anything on the page changes.
100/100 across 12 levels, including a prompt-injection level
- CLI reads are free, writes stop for approval
- MCP server the same gate, for agents
Dispatch
Live2026–
A CLI that routes a task to the right AI provider CLI by data-sensitivity tier, cheapest eligible provider first, with verification before it trusts an answer.
- Tiered routing explicit --tier, cheapest eligible provider first
- Cascade with verification escalates when an answer does not look like an answer
- Decomposition compound tasks split and routed at the same tier
Inkboard
Prototype2026
A teaching-board recorder that keeps handwriting as data instead of baking it into video.

You own the device. Do you own what it knows?
Aug 19, 2026
Cameras, cars, DNA tests, phone records, password managers and AI chats all show the same pattern: when someone else holds the data, their systems become part of your risk.

Next up
Sep 22, 2026
The next research note is being written. It ships with its method, its limits, and its sources, like the rest.
What public breaches actually show about who controls your data
Aug 19, 2026
Public incidents show that data risk extends past the company you chose, to its credentials, employees, contractors, dependencies, connected devices, and legal obligations.