About Shobdo | AI through Word & Sound

Human-AI Interaction Privacy-First AI Sustainability Authenticity Affordability Empowering Humans Through Word & Sound

Privacy-first AI agents through word and sound—Shobdo (শব্দ). Our first agent, Shobdo VideoRAG, watches your surveillance cameras and answers your questions; so you can focus on running your business.

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Shobdo is an AI company built on three principles: Privacy First, Sustainability Over Exploitation, and AI for Everyone. We believe AI should empower people and businesses privately, affordably, and responsibly. That belief shapes everything we build.

In Bengali, "Shobdo" (শব্দ) means both "word" and "sound", the most natural ways humans connect and make sense of the world. We believe AI should meet people where they already are, through voice and language, not the other way around.

That's why we build AI agents that work for you and your business. Shobdo VideoRAG, our flagship product, watches the security cameras a store already owns, writes down what it sees in plain English, and messages the owner with a clip only when something matters. And we're just getting started: we build custom AI agents tailored to your specific business needs. Everything we build follows our core values: Privacy, Sustainability, and Democratization of AI.

Shobdo is an Associate Member of MASSPACK, the Massachusetts Package Stores Association.

Frequently Asked Questions

Shobdo (শব্দ) is a Bengali word meaning both "word" and "sound", the most natural ways humans connect and make sense of the world. We believe AI should meet people where they already are, through voice and language, not the other way around.

Shobdo VideoRAG is our AI agent for store and small-business owners. It watches the security cameras you already own, writes down what it sees in plain English, and messages you with a clip only when something matters. Every alert is checked by a second AI that watches the footage first. You can tell it what to watch for in your own words. Your video stays at your store. The only clip that reaches our cloud is the one attached to an alert, and it expires within 24 hours.

Because "free" AI is never actually free. You pay with your data, your attention, or both. We earn revenue the straightforward way: by selling products and services that are worth paying for. That honest model is what lets us build AI that works for you.

Privacy is not a feature we bolt on. It is our business model. Wherever possible our solutions run on your own hardware, and with VideoRAG your footage stays on your recorder. What we keep is written text about events; beyond the brief alert clip, video is not stored in our cloud. We have no ad business, no data marketplace, and no incentive to harvest what you generate.

Most AI companies monetize your data: when the product is free, your attention, your habits, and your footage are what is being sold. We run on a simpler, older model: you pay for a service, and we work for you. Shobdo is built on three principles: Privacy First, Sustainability Over Exploitation, and AI for Everyone. No data harvesting, no attention manipulation, no enshittification down the road.