Update handbook content with Nextra callout and content improvements

- Convert blockquote to Nextra callout in open-superintelligence.mdx
- Add Edison link and improve content flow
- Refine language for better clarity
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"type": "page",
"title": "Jan Desktop & Mobile"
"title": "Jan Desktop"
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# Why Open-Source
AI today is concentrated in the hands of a few companies. They ask for trust, while keeping the levers of control hidden. We think that's a mistake.
AI today is concentrated in the hands of [a few companies](https://stratechery.com/2025/tech-philosophy-and-ai-opportunity/). They ask for trust, while keeping the levers of control hidden. We think that's a mistake.
When you depend on one vendor, your future is tied to their roadmap, their politics, their survival. If they get acquired, pivot, or shut down; you're stuck.
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AI has become critical infrastructure. Nations, enterprises, even small teams rely on it to think and decide. And yet, control sits with a few vendors who decide the terms of access. We believe that's not control. That's dependency dressed up as convenience. One of the most powerful invention is being steered by a handful of executives. Their values shape what billions can say, build, or ask.
*This cannot stand. It must be changed.*
This can't stand. It must be changed.
## Jan's Bet
## How we see
We don't believe the future of AI should be dictated by a few firms in San Francisco, Beijing, or anywhere else.
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- Jan Server
- Hub, Store, evals, guardrails, the ecosystem around it
The goal is to be the open-source replacement for ChatGPT and other BigAI products, with models and tools you can run, own, and trust.
The goal is to be the [open-source replacement for ChatGPT](https://jan.ai/) and other BigAI products, with models and tools you can run, own, and trust.

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- **For the curious**: Start with [Open Superintelligence](/handbook/open-superintelligence)
- **For developers**: Learn about [Betting on Open-Source](/handbook/betting-on-open-source)
- **For contributors**: Check out our [GitHub](https://github.com/menloresearch/jan) and [Discord](https://discord.gg/FTk2MvZwJH)
## Our North Star
We're building superintelligence that:
- **Works anywhere**: From your laptop to your data center
- **Belongs to you**: Download it, own it, modify it
- **Scales infinitely**: One person or ten thousand, same platform
- **Improves constantly**: Community-driven development
This isn't just about making AI accessible. It's about ensuring the most transformative technology in human history can be owned by those who use it.
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_"The future of AI isn't about choosing between local or cloud. It's about having both, and everything in between, working perfectly together."_

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# Why does Jan exist?
> Short answer: Open Superintelligence.
import { Callout } from 'nextra/components'
In 1879, Edison lit a single street in [Menlo Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California). What mattered wasn't the bulb. It was that power could reach homes, schools, and factories.
<Callout type="info">
Short answer: Open Superintelligence.
</Callout>
In 1879, [Edison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison) lit a single street in [Menlo Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California). What mattered wasn't the bulb. It was that power could reach homes, schools, and factories.
Electricity changed the world only when it became universal. Standard plugs, cheap generation, lines everywhere. People stopped talking about electricity and started using light, cold chains, and machines.
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> The world is made, and can be remade.
Every industrial wave redefined critical aspects of our daily lives:
- Factories introduced shift clocks and wage rhythms
- Steam gave way to electricity and standardized parts
- Rail, telegraph, and later networks changed how decisions travel
- Each wave pulled new bargains into being skills, schools, safety nets, labor law
Every industrial wave redefined new defaults of our daily lives:
- [Factories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory) created the modern job
- [Electricity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity) created the modern home
- [Railroads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport#History) and [telegraphs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy#History) created the modern nation
- [The Internet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet) created the modern world
So what we're interested in is who is going to write the new defaults and share in the gains.
Open Superintelligence will create what comes next. What we're interested in is who is going to write the new defaults and share in the gains.
Technology doesnt choose its path, people do. Power accrues to whoever designs, deploys, and profits from the system:
- If intelligence is closed and centralized, the gains concentrate