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New AI Architecture: Gladys Becomes a True AI Agent πŸ€–

Β· 3 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

Since I first integrated AI into Gladys, the promise was there but the reality stayed limited: you asked a question, the AI answered. One input, one output. No intermediate reasoning, no real autonomy. What I'm announcing today changes that, deeply.

Gladys AI: before

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The Matterbridge AI Plugin Factory: Make Any Device Work With Gladys

Β· 3 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

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Do you have devices that aren't compatible with Gladys and don't use an open protocol like Zigbee or Matter? Don't worry. I've built an AI-powered Matterbridge plugin factory that automatically develops plugins for your devices. No development skills required.

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Gladys Featured on AntoineGuilbert.fr

Β· One min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

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I'm really proud to see Gladys featured on Antoine Guilbert's blog, a French home automation blogger who produces excellent, high-quality content πŸ™‚

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New Guide: The Recommended Hardware to Get Started With Gladys

Β· One min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone!

I just added a new page to the documentation: the recommended hardware to build a reliable home automation setup with Gladys.

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Gladys 4.74: Sunrise & Sunset Offsets in Your Scenes β˜€οΈ

Β· One min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

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A new version of Gladys Assistant is available, with several fixes and improvements around Matter, Zigbee2MQTT, and sun-based scenes β˜€οΈ

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Gladys 4.73: Major Matter.js Upgrade, Local Tuya & MCP Server

Β· 2 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone πŸ‘‹

A new version of Gladys Assistant is available: v4.73.0! This release brings several important improvements around energy, Matter, Local Tuya support, and the Airplay integration.

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Gladys Plus Evolves: New Page and a Free Trial Without a Credit Card

Β· 3 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

After several years of strong growth, Gladys Plus hit a plateau in 2025: growth slowed, then almost stopped. So I took a step back to understand what was holding it back, and invested a lot of time getting Gladys Plus back on track.

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Matterbridge + AI: Make Any Device Work With Gladys, Without Writing Code

Β· 3 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

I spent a lot of last week tinkering with Matterbridge, and I had a real "aha" moment I wanted to share: we're going to be able to make any device Matter-compatible, and therefore Gladys-compatible, without writing a single line of code.

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Gladys 4.72: Faster AI, Rock-Solid HomeKit & Plenty of Fixes

Β· 2 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

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Gladys Assistant 4.72.0 is available πŸŽ‰, with a faster AI, a more stable HomeKit, and a long list of fixes.

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Mistral vs ElevenLabs: Is the Voice AI Revolution French? πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

Β· 2 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

Last week, Mistral released a new Text-to-Speech model (Voxtral) capable of running 100% locally, without sending any data to the cloud. I wanted to test it head-to-head against ElevenLabs, and honestly, the results are really good!

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