Private AI Appliance

On-Site AI. Local by Default.

Hardware in your building, running local inference — with a routing policy that only reaches out to the cloud when a task genuinely needs it, visibly rather than silently.

Why On-Prem

For Data That Shouldn't Leave the Building

Some businesses cannot or will not send certain information to a third-party model — customer records, financials, anything under a contractual or regulatory constraint. This offering exists for exactly that case, without giving up AI assistance entirely.

Local by Default

No data leaves the building unless the routing policy says so.

Hybrid Routing

Cloud models handle only the tasks that genuinely need them.

Optional Voice

A voice interface for structured, everyday requests.

Pricing

$8K–$20K

plus hardware

  • On-site install of local inference hardware
  • Hybrid routing policy — local by default, cloud only when justified
  • Optional voice interface
  • No data leaves the building unless the routing policy says so
  • Install runbook and a scoped SOW, not an open-ended retainer

Visible, Not Silent

How Hybrid Routing Actually Decides

The same routing discipline we sell is the one we run. Every request is handled by the simplest capable model — and which one handled it is never a mystery.

Example RequestHandled By
Looking up a customer record or internal document
Local
Drafting a routine internal email or summary
Local
Complex reasoning over a long, unfamiliar document
Cloud (visible)
Voice command to check status or trigger a known workflow
Local

The exact policy is configured per install — what counts as sensitive, which tasks are allowed to escalate, and what happens when the local model is uncertain are all decisions we make with you, not for you.

Proven on Our Own Infrastructure First

This is not a vendor pitch for hardware we have never run. The install runbook, routing policy, and tool-integration catalog behind this offering come directly from our own on-site AI hub — see the case study for how it actually works day to day.

Read the Hermes Hub case study

Curious whether on-prem makes sense for you?

Most businesses don't need it. If yours handles data that genuinely should not leave the building, let's talk about whether this is the right fit.