On-device AI takes center stage as the panel explores MacPaw’s work with Liquid AI, personal assistants, and workplace restrictions. The conversation also discusses the panel's experiences with AI note-taking recording consent and privacy in both business and health care.

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The June 2026 update, preview Chuck's upcoming trip to MacStock, encouraging attendees to introduce themselves. The also outlines the last of the  NAB interviews, recaps participation in MacPaw’s Flip the Script event during WWDC and announces the launch of the new MacVoices Merch Store. The update wraps by encouraging YouTube subscriptions and thanking Patreon supporters. 

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Mike Schmitz previews his Road to Macstock session on starting a YouTube channel in 90 minutes, emphasizing creativity, repetition, audience connection, and practical tools over perfection. Mike discusses handling harsh comments, finding personal value in publishing, and using AI thoughtfully as a creative partner. His goal is to help get anyone on YouTube that wants to be there. 

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Only a few hours after Apple’s WWDC keynote, members of the   MacPaw leadership team sat down for a conversation about Apple Intelligence, and Siri’s renewed promise. Topics touched on included privacy, developer access to user context, hybrid AI processing, Setapp’s role, and how AI is reshaping app creation, customer support, and software strategy. Participants included Oleksandr Kosovan, Founder and CEO?, Sergii Kryvoblotskyi, Director of AI and Research, Dmytro Melnyk, Chief Product Officer and Grant Belaire, Chief Marketing Officer.

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A video tour of  the AGI House in San Francisco as  MacPaw’s Flip the Script event at WWDC 2026 highlights the venue’s AI-focused mission  and MacPaw’s emphasis on connecting with developers around its AI initiatives. 

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From the Flip the Script event in San Francisco, Dmytro Melnyk, Chief Product Officer for MacPaw, discusses his role and the importance of the company’s careful approach to adding AI across products, from both the developer and customer viewpoints.. He explains why some users want frictionless AI while others resist it over privacy, cost, and complexity, and outlines Eney's goal of combining many Mac utility tasks into one assistant with a pay-as-you-go model. 

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At MacPaw’s Flip the Script event in San Francisco, Junior iOS Engineer Tymofii Bezverkhyi shares how his path from Ukraine’s Kyiv School of Economics to studying in Ireland, winning Apple’s Swift Student Challenge, and attending WWDC led to a role at MacPaw. Tim discusses his passion for Apple development, his work on MacPaw’s AI Eney, and why he appreciate’s the company’s responsibility and growth objectives. 

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At Flip The Script in San Francisco at WWDC, Vladyslav Hamolia, AI Staff Engineer for MacPaw.discusses the company’s push to become AI-first by rethinking existing products, building internal tools, and supporting third-party vendors. He profiles Eney, the MacPaw AI assistant (available in Setapp) designed to perform tasks, optimize workflows, and improve daily routines. It addresses security while balancing local-first privacy goals with hybrid cloud models. 

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At Flip The Script, Grant Belaire, Chief Marketing Officer for MacPaw, discusses how the company approaches AI, app discovery, and developer support through their trusted products like CleanMyMac, Setapp, Moonlock, and Clear. He explains why AI should be useful rather than forced, how Setapp balances customers and developers, and why long-term commitment matters in building successful app marketplaces. 

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At the Flip the Script event during WWDC 2026, Arina Shapran, Head of of Social Media and Community for MacPaw, talks about the role of social platforms in modern marketing, intentional online engagement, and building meaningful communities. Arina’s perspective highlights their efforts for developers, vendors, and partnerships behind Setapp, while considering how AI and vibe coding are changing product creation.

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At MacPaw’s Flip the Script event following Apple’s WWDC 2026 keynote, MacPaw executives discuss Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, privacy, local-first AI, developer access to user context, and the company’s shift toward AI platforms. The conversation also explores hybrid AI models, European limitations, parental controls, Google’s role, Setapp opportunities, and MacPaw’s credibility with users and developers. […]

The May 2026 MacVoices Update highlights the ongoing Road to Macstock series, continued release of NAB interviews, and longer panel discussions leading into WWDC. Chuck previews MacPaw’s “Flip the Script” developer event and keynote watch party in San Francisco where he will be moderating, and invites developers to connect with him for interviews. The Update wraps with a recommendation on the how-to coverage in MacVoices Magazine, asks for audience feedback, thanks sponsors, and recognizes Patreon supporters.

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MacVoices Live! previews MacPaw’s WWDC “Flip the Script” developer event, then examines the growing backlash against school-issued screens in classrooms. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jeff Gamet, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, and Web Bixby weigh digital skills, socialization, parental responsibility, accessibility, school support, and workforce readiness. They also consider Poppy, a proactive AI assistant, and the privacy concerns that come with giving any app deep access to personal data. 

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MacPaw's Maria Polishchuk, Head of Business Development and  and Product Manager Pavlo Haidamak, discuss Setapp's new expansion beyond its traditional subscription model. They explain new individual app purchases, developer subscription options, AI Gateway integration, app review standards, and support for indie and vibe-coded apps. The discussion covers developer challenges such as discovery, monetization, security, and how Setapp aims to help with those factors as well as giving customers more software choices. 

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Setapp operator MacPaw partners with Liquid AI to build an on-device AI stack for its Eney assistant for fast, private work.

(via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

By pairing Liquid Foundation Models with MacPaw’s own AI stack, the partnership aims to turn Eney into the first Mac assistant that unites on-device intelligence, persistent memory, and native task execution, with more products to follow

 MacPaw and Liquid AI announced a strategic, long-term partnership to co-develop the technology stack for local AI on the Mac. The partnership grows out of a shared vision: the everyday intelligence people rely on should be able to run on their personal computers.

The collaboration combines Liquid Foundation Models (LFMs) – which will be designed specifically for macOS AI assistance – with Elix and Mnemos, MacPaw’s own on-device inference and memory technologies. For Mac users, this means AI that’s designed to keep personal data private on their Mac, respond quickly, and handle core tasks even without an internet connection. Eney, MacPaw’s AI assistant for macOS, will be the first product to benefit from this partnership; results are expected later this year. 

Combining Model Efficiency with Deep macOS Engineering

“After almost two decades of building software for the Mac, MacPaw is evolving its standalone products into a connected ecosystem, with AI as a core technology we build and own,” said Oleksandr Kosovan, CEO and founder of MacPaw. “We believe intelligence should live where people work: private by design, fast by default, and be able to reach the cloud when that’s the better tool. By combining MacPaw’s engineering expertise with Liquid AI’s model efficiency, we are building the AI stack for the Mac, one where your personal data stays on device and the heavy lifting happens wherever it makes the most sense.”

Liquid AI’s models already bring on-device intelligence to companies like Mercedes-Benz, Insilico Medicine, and Shopify. 

MacPaw and Liquid AI are jointly building a new local AI architecture for the Mac, with the work running in two directions. 

• Bring Eney’s intelligence on-device: Liquid AI develops and fine-tunes its foundation models for the assistant’s real tasks, so its core work runs locally through Elix on Apple silicon, while cloud models will remain available where they are the better tool. 
• Develop Mnemos, MacPaw’s memory layer, which lets the assistant retain context across interactions and become more useful over time. 

That combination of on-device intelligence, persistent memory, and native macOS task execution in a single product has not existed on the Mac before.

Building Infrastructure for the Mac Ecosystem

“We build efficient foundation models and the tools around them so that companies can bring intelligence onto the devices their customers already use,” said Ramin Hasani, Co-Founder and CEO of Liquid AI. “This partnership will bring efficient, private, on-device LFMs to millions of Mac users.”

For MacPaw and Liquid AI, implementing the on-device AI stack in Eney is the starting point of a longer-term plan. The models, inference framework, and memory layer are designed as shared infrastructure, built for the MacPaw ecosystem of products and beyond. Once deployed in Eney, the same technologies could eventually be made globally available to thousands of Mac developers through Setapp, MacPaw’s unified software marketplace.