# Memagen™ press FAQ These are the questions we receive often enough that pre-answering them saves everyone time. Quote freely. ## What's the ™? **Memagen** is a common-law trademark of the Memagen™ contributors. We mark the wordmark on first appearance in any given document because (a) the mark is in active use and we intend to defend it against confusing use, and (b) putting the mark on the page is the cheapest available form of notice. We have not (as of this writing) registered the mark with a trademark office. Common-law marks are still enforceable; registration is on the roadmap and will happen alongside other corporate-formation work. In editorial contexts you may use the wordmark **Memagen** without the trademark mark. We mark it; you do not have to. ## What's open, what's not? The split runs along a single line: **the harness is open, the memory engine is proprietary.** **Open-core (Memagen™ Lite, MIT-licensed):** - the action-tool harness (shell, network, filesystem, browser, code intelligence) - the multi-provider LLM router and the lenient tool-call parser - the catalog gate (which enforces declared tool schemas) - the capability vault (which gates tool execution behind explicit grants) - the safety-toggle framework - AutoMCP / AutoWebMCP / UIMCP / PCMCP **Proprietary (Pro Memagen™ Local, EULA-licensed):** - the compound-graph memory engine (typed nodes, typed temporal edges, fact invalidation) - code-intelligence retrieval over the graph - dream-style consolidation - sandboxed self-modification The principle is that the parts of the system that *act on the world* are open, because acting on the world is where users need auditability and the right to fork. The parts that *remember the world* are proprietary, because remembering well is the actual research contribution and the only defensible part of the platform. ## What does "BYOLLM" mean? **Bring-your-own-LLM.** Memagen™ Lite and Pro Memagen™ Local both run against an LLM endpoint that you supply. The platform supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter, NIM, Ollama, llama.cpp, and vLLM out of the box. You give Memagen™ a key (or a localhost URL); Memagen™ does the routing and tool-calling. We do not bill for LLM usage in the Local tier. Your model provider does that, on whatever billing relationship you already have with them. The Connected tier (Q4 2026) bundles LLM credits into the subscription price. That tier exists for users who would rather pay one bill than two. It is not yet shipped, and we will not ship it until Local-tier sales fund the runway to operate it without subsidy. ## When does Connected ship? Target launch: **Q4 2026.** This is a target, not a guarantee. The reason for the soft date is that Connected is a hosted-LLM service and we are not willing to operate one with money we do not have. Local sales are the runway. We will publish progress on the public roadmap at . If Connected launches more than 90 days past target, founder-member buyers receive **six months free** of the Connected tier (instead of three). If it launches more than 180 days late, the perk becomes transferable to a friend or coworker. Full backstop terms at . ## What are the founder-member program rules? - The **first 100 buyers** of Pro Memagen™ Local earn founder-member status. The counter is on and is updated by hand for now. - **Lifetime ($200) buyers** receive three months free of Pro Memagen™ Connected at the **Team** tier when Connected launches. - **Monthly ($20) buyers** receive three months free of Pro Memagen™ Connected at the **Standard** tier. - Activation is **automatic** by purchase email. No separate signup, no opt-in form. - If we miss the Q4 2026 Connected target by more than 90 days, the perk doubles to six months. Past 180 days, it becomes transferable. - If Memagen™ folds before Connected ships, the local install you bought is **unconditionally unlocked** after the license server stays dark for 90 days. You keep what you paid for. Full terms: . ## How is the project funded? By Pro Memagen™ Local sales. There is no outside investor. The site states the bank balance plainly when relevant — we treat the runway as a public number rather than a closed-door one. ## Can I get a review build? Yes. Email with a short note about the publication or outlet and we will arrange a press license for Pro Memagen™ Local. Memagen™ Lite is publicly available and does not require any arrangement; `pip install memagen-lite` and you are off. ## Who is behind the project? Founder: **Tab Levitas**. Bio at `/press/founder-bio.md` in this directory. Contributor list on the GitHub repository. ## How do I cite Memagen™? > Memagen™ contributors. *Memagen™: agent platform with compound-graph > memory.* . Accessed YYYY-MM-DD. For specific subsystems, cite the corresponding paper at .