Locai

Locai is a complete platform for running artificial intelligence models entirely on your own hardware, whether that is on-premises in your data center, in a private cloud, or on edge devices. It gives organizations full control over their AI infrastructure, meaning your data never leaves your estate and you avoid the cost and compliance risks of sending sensitive information to third-party cloud services. The platform is built around three integrated components: Locai Link, the inference runtime that deploys and runs models on any hardware from workstations to servers; Locai Control, the orchestration plane that lets you manage models, updates, and policies across entire fleets of machines from a single dashboard; and Locai Workspace, a private AI workspace for your teams to chat, work with documents, and use AI assistants powered entirely by models running inside your organization. Locai is hardware agnostic, supporting NVIDIA, AMD, Apple Silicon, and CPU-only nodes, and it can run any model in GGUF, ONNX, or TFLite format. Built in the UK for highly regulated industries like financial services, nuclear, defense, and critical infrastructure, Locai helps you avoid shadow AI by providing governed, visible AI capabilities that your teams can actually use. It is free to start, with a simple download for macOS, and can be running in your environment in under an hour.

Locai Workspace

Locai Workspace is the user-facing interface where your teams actually interact with AI. It provides a private, secure environment for chat, document analysis, and AI assistants, all powered by models running on your own hardware. Instead of sending prompts or documents to an external cloud service, everything stays within your organization. Your team can query databases, transcribe and search audio files, develop documents, and collaborate on AI-powered tasks without ever exposing sensitive data. Workspace gives you a single, governed entry point for all your AI usage, making it easy to adopt AI while maintaining full control over your information.

Locai Control

Locai Control is the orchestration plane that gives you centralized management over your entire AI fleet. From one dashboard, you can deploy models, manage updates, set policies, and monitor performance across all your machines, whether they are in a single server room or spread across multiple edge locations. Control handles the complexity of coordinating different hardware types and model versions, so you can roll out new capabilities consistently and ensure compliance with your organization's governance requirements. It also enables true multimodal data fusion by allowing output from one model to flow directly into the next, creating automated workflows without any data leaving your environment.

Locai Link

Locai Link is the high-performance inference runtime that actually runs your AI models on your hardware. It supports a wide range of model formats including GGUF, ONNX, and TFLite, and works on any hardware from workstations to servers to edge devices. Link is optimized for low-latency inference across different model types, including large language models for chat and agents, audio transcription for meetings and calls, video analysis, and image detection for visual inspection. It provides an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so you can point your existing applications and tools at Locai without needing to rewrite any code. Benchmark results show Locai Link outperforming alternatives like Ollama on key models.

Hardware Agnostic and Model Flexible

Locai is designed to work with whatever hardware you already have or prefer to use. It supports NVIDIA GPUs, AMD accelerators, Apple Silicon, and even CPU-only nodes, all within a single estate. This means you are not locked into a specific vendor or hardware generation. Similarly, Locai is model flexible, running any model in GGUF, ONNX, or TFLite format. You can use models from the built-in registry, or bring your own custom or fine-tuned models. This flexibility ensures that as new models emerge or your needs change, you can adapt without replacing your infrastructure.

Secure AI for Financial Services

In financial services, regulatory compliance and data privacy are paramount. Locai allows banks, insurers, and investment firms to deploy AI for tasks like document analysis, customer support chatbots, and risk assessment without sending sensitive financial data to external cloud providers. For example, a bank can run a large language model on-premises to analyze loan applications and generate compliance reports, with all data staying within the bank's own data center. This meets regulatory requirements for data residency and audit trails while still delivering the productivity gains of modern AI.

Defense and National Security Applications

Defense and national security organizations need AI capabilities that can operate in air-gapped environments with no internet connection. Locai is built for exactly this scenario, allowing models to be deployed on secure servers or even on edge devices in the field. A defense team could use Locai to run video analysis from drones, transcribe intercepted communications, or power intelligence analysis tools, all without any data ever leaving the secure environment. The platform's support for hardware-agnostic deployment means it can run on ruggedized military hardware as easily as on standard servers.

Critical Infrastructure Monitoring

Organizations managing critical infrastructure like power plants, water treatment facilities, or transportation networks can use Locai to run real-time monitoring and anomaly detection. For instance, cameras on an assembly line can feed video into Locai's image processing models to detect defects in manufactured parts. The output from that model can then automatically trigger a document model to generate a quality assurance report, all running on local servers with no cloud dependency. This ensures that even if internet connectivity is lost, the AI systems continue to function and protect critical operations.

Private AI Workspace for Regulated Teams

Any organization that handles sensitive data, such as legal firms, healthcare providers, or government agencies, can give their teams a private AI workspace with Locai. Instead of using public chatbots that might expose confidential information, teams can use Locai Workspace for tasks like summarizing legal documents, drafting reports, or transcribing confidential meetings. All processing happens on the organization's own hardware, so there is no risk of data leakage to third-party AI services. This eliminates the problem of shadow AI, where employees use unapproved tools because they need AI capabilities that their IT department cannot safely provide.

Can Locai run fully air-gapped, with no internet connection?

Yes, Locai is designed to run in fully air-gapped environments. Once installed, the platform can operate without any internet connectivity. Models can be loaded from local storage or a private registry, and all inference happens on your own hardware. This makes it suitable for defense, nuclear, and other critical infrastructure environments where security policies prohibit external network access.

How does Locai compare to Ollama?

Locai offers a more comprehensive solution than Ollama. While Ollama is a great tool for running language models locally on a single machine, Locai is a full platform for running AI at scale across your entire organization. It includes orchestration with Locai Control for managing fleets of machines, a private workspace for teams, and support for multiple model types beyond just language, including audio transcription, video processing, and image detection. Benchmark tests show Locai Link outperforming Ollama on key models like Gemma 4.

Which industries use Locai?

Locai is built for highly regulated industries that require complete data sovereignty and control. Primary users include financial services (banks, insurance, investment firms), nuclear energy, defense and national security, and critical infrastructure operators. However, any organization that handles sensitive data and wants to use AI without relying on cloud services can benefit from Locai, including legal firms, healthcare providers, and government agencies.

Can I use my own models with Locai?

Absolutely. Locai is model flexible and supports any model in GGUF, ONNX, or TFLite format. You can bring your own custom or fine-tuned models and deploy them alongside models from the built-in registry. This allows you to use proprietary models trained on your own data, or to use open-source models that you have customized for your specific use cases.