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AI infrastructure you own — for teams and families

You can rent AI from someone else's servers.
Or you can own it.

Every API call sends your data to someone else's servers. Self-hosting your database means nothing if your LLM — or your child's AI tutor — runs on someone else's GPU. You get bare-metal compute that never phones home. Sovereign AI starts at $1,269.

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40 OSS Tools
No API Keys
6 Hardware
Tiers & BOMs
$0 Software
CC-BY-NC Forever
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Hardware Infrastructure

Bare-metal compute you own outright. From $1,269 edge desktops to 10-GPU rack clusters. Close the AI sovereignty gap: run inference locally with zero API calls and zero data export. After deployment: fixed costs, hardware that works whether the internet is on or not, and data that never leaves your metal.

01 — Hardware Form Factors Pick Your Build

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02 — Bill of Materials Component Pricing by Tier
03 — TFLOP Simulator Simulate Inference Speed
04 — Reference Data GPU Comparison
Published BOMs. No vendor lock-in. No hidden costs. Setting up AI for your family? Learn to Prompt → | Need help? Book a free onboarding call → or start with free courses →

Questions people ask

Is this actually free, or is there a catch?
No catch. The software is free and always will be. We publish exactly what hardware to buy and where to get it. The training courses are open to everyone. We make money when companies hire us for hands-on help — not by locking you into a subscription or harvesting your data. The free stuff isn't bait. It's the whole point.
What hardware do I need to get started?
Any modern desktop or laptop with 8+ GB RAM can run small models via Ollama. For production workloads, our Edge tier starts at $1,269 with a Framework Desktop + AMD GPU. The hardware calculator in our Hardware section will tell you exactly what fits your use case.
How is this different from using ChatGPT or Claude?
Cloud AI sends every prompt to someone else’s servers. Local AI runs on your hardware — your data never leaves your network. You control the model, the context window, the guardrails, and the kill switch. No rate limits, no API costs, no vendor lock-in.
Can I use this for my business / in production?
Yes. Everything is CC-NC-BY licensed. For commercial deployments, our consulting team handles hardware specification, security hardening, agentic architecture, and ongoing support. Every engagement starts with a free consultation.
Is this safe for my kids to use?
That’s exactly what Learn to Prompt is for. We teach kids 9–13 to use AI on your hardware with your visibility. No cloud accounts, no data collection, no unsupervised access. The AI runs locally — you can see every prompt and every response.
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