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Music startup Thoughtful Things launched a Kickstarter campaign for Engram, a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and generate hallucinated new sounds, aimed at experimental and uncanny music-making rather than polished, radio-ready output. Notably, the device is not internet-connected. The product reflects a niche but growing trend of hardware makers building offline, creativity-focused AI tools rather than consumer convenience gadgets.