What I do

Two things, sold separately.

The software is one service, not two, because whether you need retrieval or training is the diagnosis you're paying me to make. The machine is separate, because plenty of firms need the first and not the second, and I'd rather say so than sell you a box.

  1. The starting pointGet more out of what you already pay for.Most firms are already paying for more AI than they use. A Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace subscription, a couple of ChatGPT or Claude seats, and almost none of the capability switched on. This is the work of finding what is already there, turning it into something the firm can actually use on a Tuesday, and teaching the people who will use it. Nothing gets built. Nothing new gets bought. It runs on the flat per-seat fee you are already paying rather than a metered bill that grows with use.Setup, skills and training
  2. The workTools built for your firm.An engineer who builds the thing, not a vendor who sells you one. It starts with working out what your firm actually does all day and which parts of it a machine can take. That diagnosis is the job, and most of the value is in getting it right. Then the building: tools your staff open, retrieval over your own files, training where house style is genuinely the problem. A standard working stack comes with it so the custom work has somewhere to land, but the stack is the floor, not the product. What you are buying is the work, which is why it can ship as an ordinary web app, run on your own machine, or point at a hosted model.Technical consulting and tool building
  3. The machineRun it on your own machine.A quiet machine under a desk, sized to the models you actually intend to run, installed and kept current for you. It is where the software lives rather than a second product. The same build runs on it or against a hosted model, and this is the option where nothing leaves the building.On-premise hardware

If your work has no confidentiality bar, no offline need, and no always-on workload, you probably don’t need a private system at all. An off-the-shelf subscription will serve you better and cheaper. I’ll say so.