An AI that controls your iPhone using a $7 ESP32 board as its eyes and hands
AI phone agents with integrated audio understanding, model routing, and voice optimization
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US
Pricing model
Open source
Paid
Pricing
Free to use; the ESP32-S3 board costs about $7, a USB-C cable is required, and optional AI services like OpenRouter are user's choice to pay for.
Cost-plus pricing: customers pay vendor list prices for models and voice plus hosting (15% of vendor costs, 0.5¢ to 2¢ per minute) plus company margin (17-25%). Lean calls cost from 2.0¢/min (1.18¢ vendors + 0.50¢ hosting + 0.35¢ margin). Receptionist calls cost 4.7¢/min (3.36¢ vendors + 0.50¢ hosti
Key features
Screen mirroring via AirPlay to see iPhone display in real-time
Tap, swipe, drag, and type control through USB without jailbreak
iPhone app for task automation with visual feedback
Handsy CLI to connect computer-based AI agents over Bluetooth
Support for OpenAI-compatible vision models
Notifications before risky actions like sending messages or deleting data
Demo mode without hardware for testing
Optional free Handsy line with limited requests
Multi-model architecture running multiple transcription and language models per call
Zeus AI agent that builds, tests and tunes voice agents automatically
Simulated call testing before live deployment
Live call monitoring and observability
A/B testing and automated fix suggestions
Integration wizard for CRM, VoIP and business software
Client portals for managing multiple agents
Knowledge base integration for agent grounding
Outbound campaigns with CSV upload and scheduling
What makes it different
Only $7 hardware cost with no device hacking or jailbreak required
Open source MIT license for transparency and customization
Works with any existing iPhone through native OS features like Screen Mirroring
Two modes: use the app or connect your own AI agent for full automation
Asks for confirmation before performing risky actions like payments or deletions
Cost-plus pricing with no margin markup pass-through when vendor prices drop
Fully agentic Zeus AI that handles entire lifecycle from creation to optimization
Multi-model architecture for superior audio understanding vs 3-step pipelines
Starts at 2¢/min, cheaper than competitors and call center labor
Handsy AI
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