ExtraBrain lets you choose the AI provider path for meetings, interviews, notes, and calls instead of forcing a single hosted model account.
Bring Your Own AI Provider — OpenAI, Claude, Anthropic & Custom Endpoints is part of ExtraBrain's local-first Mac workflow for live interviews, meetings, transcription, provider control, and responsible AI use.
ExtraBrain lets you choose the AI provider path for meetings, interviews, notes, and calls instead of forcing a single hosted model account.
ExtraBrain has 1 current public platform family, macOS, with support for 2 Mac CPU families: Apple Silicon and Intel.
ExtraBrain has 3 configurable data paths to review before sensitive work: local Parakeet transcription, local Gemma 4 where installed and compatible, and external providers you choose.
Use provider accounts and API keys you control for model requests.
Use supported subscription paths where available in the app.
Route through compatible providers, proxies, or gateways when your setup supports OpenAI-style behavior.
Use on-device AI powered by Gemma where installed and compatible.
Provider usage, quota, billing, and limits stay in the provider account you choose.
Review each provider for retention, logging, training, and deletion settings before sensitive work.
Use different provider paths for meeting notes, coding interviews, research calls, or private workflows.
Short answers for people and crawlers comparing ExtraBrain with other live AI assistants.
It means you connect provider access you control, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, Codex, local Gemma 4, or a compatible endpoint.
No. Provider billing and quota remain separate from the ExtraBrain app.
Yes. Provider choice can support different privacy, cost, latency, and model-quality preferences.
