Private AI · on hardware you own

AI that reads your files and never sends them anywhere.

Client contracts, drawings, patient records, financials: the documents that would make AI useful are the ones you can't paste into a public chatbot. So you don't, and you get none of the gain. The answer is a model that lives on a machine you own, behind your own door, wired to your work.

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What we build

A model in your office, not a subscription in someone else's cloud.

The machine. We size it to your documents and your users, or use the server you already have. Nothing is bought until the need is shown.
The model. An open-weight model installed on that machine, chosen for your work, swapped when a better one ships.
The wiring. Pointed at your contracts, procedures, drawings and past proposals, so it answers in your context instead of in general.
The guarded door. It can only reach the folders and tools you granted. Every action is logged. Anything consequential stays a human's click.
The memory layer. What the system learns about your business is kept outside the model, so the next model change does not cost you what you built.
The foundation. The network, the backups and the locks that make it safe to run, built as part of the job.

Documented and handed over. You own the machine, the model, the files, and the manual.

A neatly cabled small server rack in a back-office closet

A tidy network switch with color-coded cables

Proof

We run our own companies this way.

Makarios Media, Pax Ember and Vectris run on self-hosted models on servers we own, with guarded access, automated publishing and reporting, and a memory system that has carried the founder's AI partner across several model changes without losing what she knows. That partner is Aria Makarion, and she is named on every site we build because the method is the product.

We are not reselling someone's chatbot. We are handing you the setup we live on, sized for your office.

The record The public code

What hardware does it need?

Less than people expect. A capable workstation with a modern graphics card runs a strong open model for a small office. We size it to your documents and your users, and we will tell you if the server you already have is enough. Nothing is bought until the need is shown.

Which model?

An open-weight model we can run on your machine, chosen for your work and swapped when a better one ships. The point of the memory layer is that a swap does not cost you what the system already knows about your business.

Can it read our files?

Yes, the ones you point it at: contracts, drawings, procedures, past proposals. It answers in your context. The files never leave your machine, and the model never phones home.

What stops it from doing something we didn't allow?

A guarded door. The model can only reach the tools and folders you granted, every action is logged, and anything consequential, like sending an email or signing a document, stays a human's click. We run our own companies this way.

What does it cost?

It depends on the machine you have and how much of your work you want it to carry. We start with a thirty-minute call and one real document set of yours, and we tell you honestly whether you need a machine, a model, or just a better process.