# Brave Leo

> An AI assistant built into the Brave browser that answers

- Page on StartupList: https://startuplist.tech/launches/brave-leo
- Website: https://brave.com/leo/
- Category: AI Assistants
- Price: Free + paid plans
- Company: Brave Software Inc (https://startuplist.tech/companies/brave-software-inc)
- Used for: Answer questions with AI, Learn AI

## At a glance

- The problem it solves: People want quick answers, summaries and drafts without sending their browsing and chats to a tracking-based AI service
- Who it's for: Consumers (B2C)

## About

Brave Leo AI is an AI assistant built into the Brave browser. You can ask it questions, have it summarize webpages, PDFs, Google Docs and Google Sheets, generate content such as articles, essays and emails, translate text, and get coding help with sample code for software applications and database queries. It can also work with the tab you are viewing, so you can chat about a page without leaving it.

Leo is aimed at people who use the Brave browser and want an AI assistant that does not require an account. The page says no account or login is required for the free version, and that Leo does not retain or share chats or use them for model training. Chats can be saved locally on your device and revisited later, or deleted when a temporary chat is closed.

To start, type in the address bar and choose "Ask Leo", or click the Leo AI icon in the toolbar. On mobile, tap the Brave menu button and choose the Leo AI icon. On iOS you can also ask questions by voice-to-text. Leo can use Brave Search to add up-to-date information to its answers. Users can also run their own local or remote models through a feature called Bring Your Own Model.

Leo is available in the Brave browser on macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. The page says the free version is free to use, with access to the latest models from Mixtral, Anthropic's Claude and Meta's Llama. A Leo Premium subscription is also offered, with access to more models, faster responses and higher usage limits. Premium subscribers must create a Premium account to verify access, which the page says is unlinkable to their use of Leo. The page does not state the Premium price.

The page also warns that Leo can produce misleading information and factual errors, and that it can hallucinate. It recommends checking responses for accuracy before relying on them.

## Links

- [Brave Leo on StartupList](https://startuplist.tech/launches/brave-leo)
- [Website](https://brave.com/leo/)