What Is AGI, Anyway?

There was a time not too long ago when computers filled entire rooms.

They were expensive. Specialized. Finicky. You didn’t own one; you booked time on one. They were tools for the elite: governments, research labs, corporations large enough to have their own zip codes.

Then the microprocessor arrived. The rules changed.

Suddenly computing didn’t require a data center. It could sit on your desk. Slowly the cost dropped. People began to realize the type of productivity that could be unlocked. Over time a new era of business, creativity, and infrastructure was born.

We’re experiencing something similar today. Only this time, it’s not computation that is transforming the world; it’s intelligence. What started as neural networks that could perform tasks of limited usefulness has culminated in large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude that can answer most general knowledge questions quickly and accurately.

A Change Is Coming

Artificial General Intelligence — AGI — isn’t a singular invention. It’s a threshold event where a machine is understood to be as intelligent and capable as a human being. We haven't reached that threshold yet, but tide certainly feels as though it's suddenly shifting.

Today’s computing power is becoming less about computer code and more about creating tools that intelligently learn, adapt, and reason. The computing interface will shift from mouse and keyboard to language. If you can imagine the concept, an Artificial Intelligence can bring it to life.

Think about AI as an embedded mind for every workflow. A teammate who doesn’t sleep. Not sentient. Not aware. But good enough.

Today's Hidden Costs

The current wave of AI hype is trapped in a business model straight out of the 1970s mainframe era.

You’re billed by usage. This is intelligence as a utility, priced by the token and governed by policy shifts you didn’t vote on. It’s like renting time on IBM’s newest room-sized computer in 1965. Except now, the hardware is invisible, and your business's trade secrets and methodologies might be training tomorrow's competitor.

We don’t think that’s sustainable. Or fair.

What We’re Building

We believe something simple. When you don't have to worry about cost, new types of workflows become possible.

That’s why American AGI Systems will provide:

• Dedicated custom endpoints running the latest quantized open-source models

• Flat-rate pricing (no per-token shenanigans)

• Deployment architectures built with security and privacy in mind

So… Is This Real AGI?

Just like the first spreadsheets transformed accounting, Large Language Models are about to reshape every field that runs on language, insight, or logic. The last time a new layer of computation swept through the economy, it launched companies like IBM, Microsoft, and Apple. Companies that adapted early gained an edge that lasted for decades.

This time, that edge is sharper. And the risks of outsourcing your thinking to an opaque machine you don't understand are even greater. We’re here to make sure intelligence can be run locally, securely, and on your own damn terms.

At American AGI Systems, we’re building for companies that need their own intelligence stack—so they can think faster, adapt more quickly, and sleep a little better knowing the future is running on technology that they trust.