Cyclon

People manage many separate apps and services on their phones and have to manually operate each one to send messages, place orders, or coordinate calls. This fragmented experience means users spend time switching between apps and doing repetitive tasks themselves rather than simply stating what they want done. Cyclon frames this as a loss of time: existing phones require you to act as the intermediary between your intent and your apps.

Cyclon is designing phone hardware and an operating system together so that users can ask their phone to complete tasks and have it act across their existing apps. The OS lets people build their own tools, such as an inbox that gathers calls, notifications, and follow-ups, connect the services they already use, and delegate actions inside those apps using their own accounts and rules. Examples shown include sending a WhatsApp message on the user's behalf, placing a DoorDash order, and answering a call from a courier. Users keep their existing apps rather than replacing them, with Cyclon working inside those apps according to rules the user sets.