76%
of small businesses use AI
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, 2026Private AI for entrepreneurs
Your own private AI, built and run for you. Start in two weeks.
For entrepreneurs, founders, and executives who want what AI can do without handing their data to anyone, and without becoming IT people to get it.
Two weeks is the assessment period. Your written report scopes implementation and monthly service. No AI system is delivered until implementation is paid.
30 minutes · No preparation · No client data
Meet PrivateStride2:03
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The problem
Three in four small business owners already have a team using AI. The question is where the data goes.
33%
name data privacy and security the top barrier, up from 23%
Bluevine 2026 Business Owner Success Survey23%
have had a security or privacy issue since adopting generative AI
Xero Future Focus AI researchYour work
Your own AI for the work your team does.
Drafting
Prepare proposals, emails, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) in your voice. Your team reviews the draft before it is used.
Research and summaries
Turn long documents into summaries and decision notes your team can review.
Answers from your own files
Work from your policies, past work, pricing, and procedures. Your company’s documents provide the context.
The whole team, no per-seat meter
One private AI for the whole team. Add people, not subscriptions.
Built and managed for you
What 'built for you' means
We set up your private AI on NVIDIA and Apple hardware hosted in the United States, dedicated to your company.
We train it on your documents, your process, and your voice.
We host it in a US data center and secure it.
We keep it current and handle changes scoped in your assessment.
Whether you call yourself an entrepreneur, a founder, or the owner, the job is the same: you run your company, and we run your AI.
Why private AI
Private AI, not public AI. Six reasons.
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.
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
Your written report scopes implementation of your private AI in a US data center.
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 company writes. It looks up what your company 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 callBoth assessments are done remotely, by video and phone. Nobody travels.
Most private AI implementations cost less than a third of the fully loaded cost of your next hire.
Your business. Your numbers.
What could your team do with the hours back?
10 people · 3 hours per week · $60 per hour · 48 weeks
$86,400This is a capacity model, not a revenue forecast.
This is for
- Owner-led companies with confidential data and a team that already uses AI
- Leaders who will use it themselves.
This is not for
- Anyone wanting a free trial.
- Companies with no confidential data.
- Companies that want to build and run it themselves.
Your questions, answered.
Do I need an IT person?
No. PrivateStride sets up, hosts, secures, and keeps your private AI current within the agreed scope. If you have an internal team or managed service provider, we coordinate responsibilities with them. No sandbox, trial, or demo is provided. The paid assessment is the first step.
Where does my data live?
Your private AI runs for your company alone in a US data center, reached over a secured connection. Nothing your team types, uploads, or asks reaches a public AI provider.
Is it mine if I leave?
Your source documents stay in your systems. Offboarding responsibilities, access removal, and the agreed retention or deletion of managed configuration and support records are documented before implementation.
How is it different from ChatGPT Team?
Your private AI runs for your company alone. USA-sourced open-weight models, trained on your documents, your process, and your voice. There is no per-seat meter. Compare the data boundaries, terms, and operating arrangements side by side.
What does it cost after the assessment?
Implementation and monthly service are quoted in your assessment report. Most private AI implementations cost less than a third of the fully loaded cost of your next hire.
Can we add people later?
Yes. Add people, not subscriptions. Larger teams may need more capacity, quoted in advance.
Is this for a small business owner, or only for startups?
It is for any owner-led company with confidential information and a team that writes, researches, and answers questions all day: agencies, distributors, contractors, consultancies, family offices, and startups alike. If you own your company and your people use AI, this is built for you.
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 the Cloud assessment and the work you need.
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