CORTEX Companion Mode™
On when you need someone in your corner. Off when you need silence.
Not a chatbot you visit. A companion that stays — listening, learning, asking the right question, surfacing advice from what it hears across your calendar, money, health, home, and car.
The switch
Companion On · Companion Off
In the CORTEX app: Settings → Voice Control → Always-On Voice. When on, the wake word pipeline arms after permissions. When off, CORTEX waits for you to open LIVE or tap the arc reactor.
God Mode founder builds seed companion defaults — standing by after intro, background keep-alive optional, full tab bar for CONTROL · TESLA · LIVE · STUDIO and the rest.
Wake word listening · proactive briefings · Ear Companion on AirPods · memory sync · "Hey Cortex" standing by
Silent until you invoke · no proactive utterances · typed LIVE chat still works · privacy-first default
COMPANION MODES
Six postures. One brain.
Ambient
Quiet presence. Listens. Occasional insights when context matters — never spam.
Active
Engaged and responsive. Proactive check-ins, morning briefings, calendar nudges.
Coaching
Deep coaching register. Challenges you, holds accountability, pushes growth.
Focus
Minimal interruptions. Productivity-first. Speaks only when it changes an outcome.
Guardian
Alerts, safety, protective posture. JERICHO-backed signals surface first.
Silent
Observe only. Learns in the background. Zero spoken interruptions.
HOW IT BEHAVES
What "companion" actually means
Always-on when you want it
Toggle Companion in Settings. When on, CORTEX stands by — wake word armed, memory live, ready before you ask.
Listens without cutting you off
Real conversations have pauses. CORTEX holds the line until you finish — no mid-sentence interrupts.
Sudden advice that fits context
Tesla low, meeting in fifteen, score dipped, kid pickup soon — the Ear Companion queues what matters and speaks when the moment is right.
Learns your rhythm
Week one: helpful. Month three: indispensable. Patterns, people, priorities — sharper every session.
Proactive check-ins
Morning shape, midday pulse, afternoon heads-up — timed to your calendar, health, and money, not a generic notification blast.
Off means off
Companion off suspends proactive speech and background listening. You control the mic. Always.
EAR COMPANION
Intelligence in your ear
AirPods connect → Ear Companion activates. Tesla, calendar, finance, weather, and security signals synthesize into a prioritized utterance queue — max eight per hour, three-minute minimum spacing.
Mid-call burn number
Your VP asks for Q2 burn. CORTEX whispers the exact figure and source through your earpiece. You answer without looking down.
Bedtime while you cook
Story time for your six-year-old while dinner needs you. CORTEX reads in your voice until you are free.
Tell it once, done by morning
Before bed: refund the duplicate charge, draft the apology, confirm the 7 AM install. Audit trail waiting at wake.
Pair with Whisper Mode for meetings and presentations
Companion handles the relationship. Whisper routes advice privately through your earpiece when the room cannot know CORTEX is there.
Open Whisper Mode →