Local AI Deployment

AI that runs on your hardware.

We set up private, on-premise AI systems for businesses — local LLMs, RAG pipelines, voice agents, and custom integrations. Your data never leaves your network. No cloud subscription. No vendor lock-in.

Why Local AI

Cloud AI is powerful. Local AI is yours.

Cloud LLMs get the headlines. But for a lot of businesses, local deployment is the smarter move — not for technical reasons, but for business ones.

Your data stays yours

Every prompt you send to a cloud LLM leaves your network. Legal documents, client records, internal knowledge — none of that should touch a third-party API. Local models process everything on-site.

No usage bills

Cloud APIs charge per token. A busy internal tool can burn through thousands of pounds a month. A local model runs as many queries as you want — the only cost is the hardware you already own.

Works without internet

Network outage, restricted environment, remote location — a local model doesn't care. It's on your machine. It runs. This matters more than people realise until the moment the internet drops.

No vendor lock-in

OpenAI changes pricing. Anthropic deprecates models. Google shifts policies. A local deployment is immune to all of it. You control the model, the version, and the update cadence.

Tunable to your domain

We can fine-tune a local model on your specific data, writing style, or knowledge base. The result is a model that responds like it understands your business — because it was trained on it.

Faster on local hardware

Network latency adds overhead to every cloud API call. A local model — even a smaller one — can respond faster for short tasks because the round trip is zero. Sub-second responses, consistently.

How We Deploy

Four stages. One working system.

Every engagement runs through the same four stages — from the first conversation to a live, integrated AI system running on your infrastructure.

01

Discovery

We start by understanding your use case — what you want AI to do, what data it needs to work with, and what hardware you're running. No jargon, no upsell. Just a clear picture of what's needed and whether local AI is the right call.

1–2 calls · Free
02

Setup

We install and configure the model runtime on your machine — Ollama, LM Studio, or vLLM depending on your setup. We pick the right model for your use case (Mistral, Llama, Phi, Gemma, or a fine-tuned variant), configure memory and GPU allocation, and make sure it runs reliably before touching anything else.

1–3 days
03

Integration

The model becomes useful when it's connected to your actual workflows. We build the layer that links it to your tools — a RAG pipeline over your documents, a chat interface for your team, an API endpoint your existing software can call, or a voice agent that takes verbal input and acts on it.

1–2 weeks
04

Handoff & Support

We document everything, walk your team through what was built, and hand over control. You're not dependent on us to keep it running. But we stay available for model updates, new integrations, and performance tuning as your needs evolve.

Ongoing — as needed

Discovery checklist

  • What tasks does the AI need to handle?
  • What data sources does it need access to?
  • What hardware is available (CPU / GPU / RAM)?
  • Are there compliance or data residency requirements?
  • Does it need a UI, or just an API endpoint?
  • Does it need to speak, or just respond in text?

Setup deliverables

  • Model runtime installed and tested
  • Right model selected and quantised for your hardware
  • GPU/CPU allocation configured
  • Response time benchmarked and confirmed
  • Local API endpoint live and accessible

Integration options

  • RAG pipeline over PDFs, docs, wikis, or databases
  • Internal chat interface (web UI, Slack, Teams)
  • Voice agent with mic input and spoken output
  • REST API for existing software to call
  • Automation agent for multi-step task execution
  • Fine-tuning on your domain data (optional)

What you own after handoff

  • Full source code and configuration files
  • Documentation of the full stack
  • Model weights (hosted on your machine)
  • Admin access to everything
  • Zero ongoing dependency on us to run it
Deliverables

What's in the box.

Every deployment ships with the same core set. What varies is which integration layer fits your use case.

Local LLM runtime

Ollama, LM Studio, or vLLM installed, configured, and running reliably on your hardware. GPU acceleration where available.

Model selection & tuning

The right open-source model for your use case — not the biggest one, the right one. Quantised for your hardware, benchmarked for your task.

RAG pipeline

Your documents indexed into a local vector database. The model answers questions with citations from your actual knowledge base.

Chat or voice interface

A web UI your team can use immediately — or a voice layer (Whisper + TTS) so they can talk to it. Built on our Celestos stack.

API endpoint

OpenAI-compatible REST API from your local model. Drop-in replacement for cloud API calls — change one URL, nothing else.

Full documentation

Stack diagram, configuration reference, and usage guide. Your team can understand, maintain, and extend the system without coming back to us.

Agent task loop (optional)

Multi-step task execution — the model plans, acts, observes, and adjusts. Integrates with files, APIs, browsers, and system tools.

Fine-tuning (optional)

Model trained on your data, your tone, your domain. Responses that feel like they came from someone who knows your business — because the model does.

Tech Stack

Open, proven, and yours to keep.

We work with the best open-source tools in the local AI ecosystem — nothing proprietary, everything auditable, all running on your infrastructure.

Ollama LM Studio vLLM Llama 3 Mistral Phi-3 Gemma 2 Qwen ChromaDB Qdrant LangChain LlamaIndex Sentence Transformers Whisper (local STT) Coqui TTS FastAPI Docker CUDA / ROCm Python
Proof of Concept

We built this for ourselves first.

Celestos is our own local AI agent — voice-driven, task-capable, and running on local models or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. It's the same stack we deploy for clients.

Live product · Flagship

Celestos — JARVIS for your machine

Voice input, real-time reasoning, tool execution, and local model support built into one agent. We run it ourselves, on local hardware, every day. If you're wondering whether local AI can actually work in practice — this is the answer.

Open Celestos ↗ Project details →
Use Cases

Who this is for.

Local AI isn't for everyone — but for the right business, it's the only sensible choice. These are the situations where it pays off most.

Legal & Finance

Document Q&A over sensitive files

Contracts, case files, financial records — a local RAG pipeline lets your team query internal documents with AI answers, without any of that content leaving the building.

Operations

Internal knowledge base assistant

Company wikis, SOPs, product manuals — a local chatbot that actually knows your documentation. Staff ask questions in natural language and get accurate answers from your own content.

Healthcare & Research

GDPR-compliant AI workflows

Patient data, research findings, clinical notes — environments where data residency is non-negotiable. Local deployment is the only AI option that's compliant by architecture.

Customer Support

Private support agent with product context

An AI support agent trained on your product docs and past tickets. Handles first-line queries accurately, without your customer data touching a third-party API.

Development Teams

Local code assistant

GitHub Copilot alternative that runs on your machine. Full codebase context, no code leaving your environment, and no monthly subscription. Works with VS Code and any editor via API.

Enterprise

AI that runs during an outage

When your internet goes down, your local AI still works. For operations-critical use cases, local deployment is the only option that guarantees uptime.

Get Started

Ready to run AI on your own hardware?

Tell us what you need. We'll tell you whether local AI is the right call — and if it is, exactly how we'd build it.

Or email us directly at contact@unitar.app