Why we didn’t build another chatbot and why security forced us to rethink OS-level AI agents

Over the last year, almost every AI product discussion starts the same way: “So… what kind of Agent are you building?” The short answer is: we’re not. At NeuralLead, we’re building Vector, an AI system that operates at OS level, interacting with real software instead of generating suggestions or explanations. That choice came with an uncomfortable realization very early on: once an AI can act, security stops being a feature and becomes the architecture. From chatbots to operators Chatbots are great at explaining how to do things. They’re terrible at actually doing them. Vector was designed around a different idea,from a single high-level instruction, the system can: navigate the browser open and interact with real desktop applications create and edit documents move files execute multi-step workflows across tools No predefined RPA scripts. No brittle macros. No demo-only environments. But this immediately raises a harder question. OS-level autonomy is powerfuland dangerous If an AI can