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.
Comparison
Private AI vs ChatGPT for business: where your data goes, side by side.
Turning off training answers one question. This page answers the other seven.
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Side by side
Training is one question. The data boundary is another.
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| Question | ChatGPT free/Plus on a personal account | ChatGPT Team or Enterprise | Private AI in the Cloud | Private AI in Your Building |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where prompts and files are processed | On the provider’s systems, under the provider’s terms. | On the provider’s systems, under the applicable business terms. | In a US data center, on dedicated hardware run for your company alone. | Inside your building, in your company’s private environment. |
| Can inputs train the provider’s model | Consumer inputs can be used for training by default. An opt-out is available. | Business inputs and outputs are not used for training by default. Check the selected product’s controls and terms. | Your data trains your AI and nobody else’s model. | Your data trains your AI and nobody else’s model. |
| Who else’s prompts share the model | Training controls do not establish a company-only model. Check the product’s model-isolation terms. | A training opt-out does not answer model isolation. Check the product and agreement. | Your AI runs for your company alone. No other company’s prompts share your deployment. | Your AI runs for your company alone. No other company’s prompts share your deployment. |
| Can the provider change the terms | Provider terms apply. Review the current terms and their change provisions. | Business terms apply. Review the agreement and its change provisions. | Your signed agreement sets the scope and terms. No public AI provider’s policy update controls your AI. | Your signed agreement sets the scope and terms. No public AI provider’s policy update controls your AI. |
| Pricing model | A personal account. Free access or a paid individual subscription. | Per-seat pricing. Check the selected product and agreement. | One AI for the whole team. Implementation and monthly service are quoted in your assessment. | One AI for the whole team. Installation and quarterly Managed AI are quoted in your assessment. |
| Trained on your documents and voice | Providing documents or instructions is separate from training a company-only model. Check the product’s features. | Providing documents or instructions is separate from training a company-only model. Check the product’s features. | USA-sourced open-weight models, trained on your documents, your process, and your voice. | USA-sourced open-weight models, trained on your documents, your process, and your voice. |
| Audit log of who asked what | Check the product and account. Chat history alone is not a company audit log. | Audit coverage depends on the product, tier, and configuration. Check the available records. | Query and administrative activity are logged. Retention settings are agreed for your deployment. | Query and administrative activity are logged. Retention settings are agreed for your deployment. |
| Works if the internet goes down | Provider-hosted processing requires a connection. | Provider-hosted processing requires a connection. | A secured connection to the US data center is required. | Core local inference keeps working. External integrations, updates, and remote support may need a connection. |
| Who runs it | The provider runs the service. Your team manages how it uses the account. | The provider runs the service. Your company manages its workspace and approved uses. | PrivateStride builds, trains, hosts, secures, and keeps your AI current. | PrivateStride installs, trains, secures, and keeps your AI current. |
Training, processing, and retention are separate questions. Review retention and deletion rules for the exact product and tier. A shared service does not mean other customers can read your prompts.
Provider terms change. Check the current terms for the exact product and tier before relying on them. OpenAI’s official data-usage page.
When a public tool is fine
- Public research with no company or client facts.
- Generic writing with no confidential information.
- A workflow your advisers have approved for a defined data class.
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.
Choose the boundary that fits your work.
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. PrivateStride provides technical and implementation support, not legal advice or a certification of compliance.
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.
Most private AI implementations cost less than a third of the fully loaded cost of your next hire.
This is for
- Teams already using AI with company or client data.
- Leaders who have been asked where the data goes.
This is not for
- Anyone wanting a free trial.
- A company with no confidential data.
Your questions, answered.
Does turning off training make ChatGPT private?
It controls whether eligible new conversations are used to improve the provider’s models. It does not move processing into your building or onto an AI dedicated to your company. Data handling, retention, access, and terms are separate questions for the exact product and tier.
Is ChatGPT Team safe for client data?
Business tiers do not use business inputs and outputs for training by default. That does not decide whether a particular client-data workflow is appropriate. Review the exact product, account, data class, access, retention, and terms with your advisers before using client data.
What is a private AI, exactly?
An AI that runs for your company alone. PrivateStride uses USA-sourced open-weight models, trained on your documents, your process, and your voice. Choose Cloud in a US data center or In-Building in your building. Nothing your team types, uploads, or asks reaches a public AI provider.
Do we lose model quality with open-weight models?
Models are selected for the approved workloads. Outputs are drafts a professional reviews. The assessment identifies the work your AI needs to support. We do not assume one model is the right choice for every task.
Can we keep ChatGPT for some things and use private AI for others?
Yes. Public research and generic writing can stay in an approved public tool. Company or client information belongs in the environment approved for that data class. Your advisers should approve the defined workflows and boundaries.
How long until we are running?
Start with a 30-minute fit call. Either assessment takes two weeks, remotely, and produces a written report. The report scopes the implementation or installation schedule. 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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