Your data stays yours
Nothing your team types, uploads, or asks ever reaches a public AI provider. It lives on your machine, in the United States.
Cloud-hosted or in-building
Private AI in the cloud or in your building: how to choose.
Both keep your data away from public AI providers. One lives in a US data center run for you alone; one lives inside your walls.
30 minutes · No preparation · No client data
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Compare the two tracks
The difference is where your private AI runs.
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| Question | Cloud-Hosted | In-Building |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | In a US data center, run for your company alone. | Installed in your building. |
| Best fit | Teams that want private AI without housing equipment. | Companies and firms that want equipment inside their walls. |
| Data path | Your team connects to your dedicated private AI in a US data center. Prompts and files do not go to a public AI provider. | Your team connects to your private AI inside your building. Prompts and files do not go to a public AI provider. Integrations and remote access are scoped in the assessment. |
| If the internet drops | Your team needs an internet connection to reach the service. | Approved local workflows can continue on your office network. Remote access and internet-dependent integrations need a connection. |
| Equipment in your office | None. The equipment lease is included in the service. | Yes. Leased from us with upgrades. |
| First step | Cloud-Hosted Private AI Assessment, $4,500. Both done remotely. Both assessments are done remotely, by video and phone. Nobody travels. | In-Building Private AI Assessment, $9,500. Both done remotely. Both assessments are done remotely, by video and phone. Nobody travels. |
| Guarantee | None. Cloud has no guarantee. | Only for CPA, law, insurance, and wealth management firms of 10 to 75 professionals: a written 90-day time-recovery target. If the target is not met and participation requirements were satisfied, we keep working at no additional charge. |
| Adoption program | Setup, training on your documents, and monthly change work. | For eligible professional firms: the full 90-day Absorption Method with champions and a dashboard. Other companies have adoption work scoped in the assessment. |
| Typical buyer | Entrepreneurs, founders, and executives, including remote teams. | Firms with examiners, client contracts, or a preference for equipment inside their walls. |
Both tracks run on NVIDIA and Apple hardware hosted in the United States. USA-sourced open-weight models, trained on your documents, your process, and your voice. Implementation and installation are quoted in the assessment.
Five questions that settle it
- Does any contract, regulator, examiner, or policy require data on premises?
- Is your team in one office or many?
- Do you have a secure space with power and network for equipment?
- What happens if your internet goes down for a day?
- Do you want a monthly service or an installation with a measured guarantee?
A measured guarantee is available only to eligible CPA, law, insurance, and wealth management firms of 10 to 75 professionals on the In-Building track. It requires a written 90-day time-recovery target and participation requirements. Cloud has no guarantee. The fit call helps you weigh these questions with your advisers.
Why private AI
Private AI, not public AI. Six reasons.
Trained on your business
USA-sourced open-weight models, trained on your documents, your process, and your voice, so the answers are yours, not generic.
Nobody else's model, nobody else's prompts
Your AI runs for your company alone. No shared model, no one else's data in it, no one else's questions on it.
No per-seat meter
One private AI for the whole team. Add people, not subscriptions.
Terms that cannot change on you
No policy update from a provider can change where your data lives or what it can be used for.
Built and managed for you
We set it up, train it on your business, host it, secure it, and keep it current. You use it.
How it works
From first conversation to everyday use.
01
Fit call
30 minutes. No preparation. No slides. No client data.
02
Assessment
Two weeks, remote, with a written report.
03
Implementation or installation
The assessment scopes Cloud implementation or In-Building installation.
04
Managed for you
Updates, security, support, and new use cases. Quoted in your assessment.
How we handle wrong answers
What happens when your AI is wrong.
It will be, sometimes. Here is how it is built so that being wrong is cheap to catch and never reaches a client.
Every answer shows its source
The passage comes from your document. Your retrieval system pulls it from the actual file. Your model does not write the source passage.
It says 'I don't know'
When your documents do not contain the answer, your AI says so instead of guessing.
A person approves anything that leaves
Nothing goes to a client without approval from your named reviewer.
You get your own number
The first ninety days record how often drafts are accepted without correction, workflow by workflow. You decide where to rely on your AI.
Your people can talk to it. Only administrators can change it. Every question, answer, and change is logged.
Your AI can only see what you can already open. Permissions come from your systems, not from the AI.
It learns how your firm writes. It looks up what your firm knows, one question at a time, only from documents the person asking is allowed to open.
The first step
Start with an assessment. In writing.
AI Assessment
Cloud-Hosted Private AI Assessment: $4,500
Two weeks · Done remotely · Written report
Your own dedicated private AI, hosted in a US data center we contract. For entrepreneurs, founders, and executives who want private AI without owning or housing equipment.
The report quotes implementation and monthly service.
Credited in full toward implementation within 90 days.
Book a fit callAI Assessment
In-Building Private AI Assessment: $9,500
Two weeks · Done remotely · Written report
For companies and firms that want the equipment inside their walls. NVIDIA and Apple hardware hosted in the United States.
The report quotes installation and Managed AI by quarter. It also covers site and network review, equipment placement and power, the installation plan, and training after installation.
Credited in full toward installation within 90 days.
Book a fit callBoth assessments are done remotely, by video and phone. Nobody travels.
Both assessments take two weeks, remotely, and produce a written report. Cloud has no guarantee. The In-Building time-recovery target is limited to eligible professional firms and the participation terms described above.
Most private AI implementations cost less than a third of the fully loaded cost of your next hire.
Your questions, answered.
Is cloud really private?
Yes. Your private AI runs for your company alone in a US data center. Nothing your team types, uploads, or asks reaches a public AI provider. The assessment reviews the data path, access, and approved workflows. Cloud has no guarantee.
Can we start in the cloud and move in-building later?
Yes. The assessment report is reusable. A move still needs a review of your site, network, access, and integrations. Any additional assessment work, installation, and service changes are quoted before the move.
Who owns the hardware?
Cloud-hosted: the equipment lease is included in the service. In-building: equipment is leased from us with upgrades. The assessment report quotes the terms. NVIDIA and Apple hardware hosted in the United States.
What is hosted in the United States, exactly?
Both tracks run on NVIDIA and Apple hardware hosted in the United States. Cloud is hosted in a US data center. In-Building is installed in your building. USA-sourced open-weight models, trained on your documents, your process, and your voice. Integrations, access, and data flows are reviewed in the assessment.
Can the fit call decide for us?
The fit call recommends Cloud-hosted or in-building based on your work, locations, and constraints. It takes 30 minutes. No preparation, no slides, and no client data. You can also choose directly. No sandbox, trial, or demo is provided. No AI system is delivered until implementation is paid.
Who stands behind the work
DJLRC, Inc.
An Arizona corporation, d/b/a PrivateStride.
6751 N Sunset Blvd, Suite 320Glendale, AZ 85305
+1 (212) 960-8293
partners@privatestride.com
David Le Rouse (DJ)
Leads fit and assessment. BS Accountancy and MBA, Arizona State. Thirty years across technology, accounting, and strategy consulting.
Alex
Leads the technical review.
Book a fit call
Thirty minutes. No preparation. We never need your data to have the conversation.
Tell us about your company. We will discuss Cloud-hosted or in-building and the assessment that fits.
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