AI Assist vs ARIA Protocol

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AI Assist compared with ARIA Protocol
Detail	AI Assist	ARIA Protocol
What it does	Meeting notes on your own API keys with no bot in your call	Open protocol for AI agent identity, DNS-anchored and post-quantum native, governed by a nonprofit
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2026
Based in	Not given	MX
Pricing model	Paid	Open source
Pricing	$3 per month with 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Includes Chrome extension, desktop helper, all transcription and summary features, cloud sync with end-to-end encryption, and support for bring-your-own API keys.	Free to use. L0 credentials issued today. L1 enabled in agent.bar demonstration. L2 and L3 specified but not yet issued.
Key features	Proactive insights citing your indexed files during meetings Ask questions grounded in your own files with citations Local vector indexing with on-device embeddings No third-party bot joins your meeting Chrome extension for Google Meet and Zoom Web Bring your own Anthropic and OpenAI API keys	W3C Verifiable Credentials (AID format) Four trust levels (L0-L3) with progressive verification DNS anchoring starting at L1 ML-DSA-65 + Ed25519 composite signatures ARIA AP for signed requests and receipts Append-only Trust Ledger with credential lifecycle events Revocation capability with signed status lists Public REST API verification endpoint TypeScript SDK for credential verification
What makes it different	No bot in your call—audio streams directly to your OpenAI key, never touching the company's servers Pay Anthropic and OpenAI directly with no per-seat markup at $3/month versus competitors charging $17+ per user per month	Post-quantum native from launch, not a migration plan Governed by nonprofit to prevent capture Complements existing protocols without replacing them L0 credentials issued and verifiable today
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	1 no change since last check	23 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	7
Citation Flow (Majestic)	17	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	37	10

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