Private AI for small firms.
Help drafting, summarizing and searching your own documents, on a small computer that sits in your office. I won't send your files to ChatGPT or any other outside AI service.
Rather not have a computer in your office? Ask me about a hosted option.
What a pilot can do.
- First drafts. It can draft letters, emails and memos from your notes, for you to edit.
- Long documents, summarized. It can pull out the key points of a long file, so you know where to read closely.
- Search your own files. It can search the files you choose, so you can ask a question in plain English.
- Made for small firms. For law, accounting, tax and property-management firms with a handful of people.
How it works.
Your files
You choose which documents go in.
A small computer in your office
The AI model will run here, on a computer my company owns and I install for you.
Answers back to you
Drafts, summaries and search results come back to your team.
You check it
Have a professional review every answer before it's used.
Your files
You choose which documents go in.
A small computer in your office
The AI model will run here, on a computer my company owns and I install for you.
Outside AI servicesI won't send your files here.
Answers back to you
Drafts, summaries and search results come back to your team.
You check it
Have a professional review every answer before it's used.
Your data, in writing.
Every pilot agreement puts these commitments in writing before any file moves.
- Your files will be processed on a computer in your office.
- I won't send your files to ChatGPT, Claude or any other outside AI service.
- Your files won't be used to train any AI model.
- You decide which files go in. Nothing else is collected.
- Before any file moves, I'll tell you in writing how it gets to the computer it runs on, where it is kept, whether any backup copy exists, and who can reach it, including any remote connection I use for maintenance.
- When a pilot ends, I'll delete your files and any copies unless you ask me to keep them, and confirm in writing when it's done.
What it isn't.
- Not legal or tax advice. It helps with drafts and reading. The professional judgment stays with you.
- Not always right. It can miss things and get things wrong. Every answer needs a professional's check.
- Not the biggest AI. It runs a smaller model than the big public chat apps, so it can do less. That's the trade for keeping your files away from outside AI services.
- Not sealed off from me. I'll reach the computer remotely, over a private encrypted connection, to update and fix it. Your pilot agreement will say so, and you can unplug it any time.
- Not for medical practices. I'm not taking on medical, dental or therapy practices.
Start with a pilot.
A small, fixed trial before anything bigger.
Step 1: We talk.
On a call, we pick one task that eats your team's time.
Step 2: I write it down.
You get the scope, the files involved, where it runs, the data details and the price in writing before anything starts.
Step 3: We try it.
I install the computer in your office and meet your team in person. Then we see if it helps.
Step 4: You decide.
Keep going, change course, or stop. If you stop, I delete your files, take back any computer I installed, and confirm it in writing, as your agreement sets out.
FAQ
- Is this ChatGPT?
- No. It's an AI model I'll run myself, on a small computer in your office. I won't send your files to ChatGPT or any other outside AI service.
- Do my files leave my office?
- No. Your files are kept on the computer in your office, and I won't copy them off it. I can reach it remotely for maintenance (see the next answer). They don't go to ChatGPT or any other outside AI service.
- Can you see our files?
- I can. I'll reach the computer remotely, over a private encrypted connection, to update and fix it, and you can unplug it any time. Your pilot agreement will say what that access is for.
- Who owns the computer?
- My company, Terrabyte, does. Its cost is included in the service, so you don't buy any hardware. If you stop, I delete your files from it in your office and then take it back.
- What is the computer?
- A Mac mini, sized to your firm's work. It's small enough to sit on a shelf.
- What if we'd rather not have a computer here?
- Ask me about a hosted option on our call.
- How much does it cost?
- Every pilot is scoped on a call first. You get a written price before you agree to anything.
- Do you have clients for this yet?
- Not yet. That's why the first ones start small: one task, everything in writing, and you can stop anytime.
- What if you can't continue?
- Your pilot agreement will set it out. I'll leave sealed, tamper-evident instructions with your firm for erasing the computer, and the agreement will name a successor who will take it back and confirm in writing that your files are deleted.
- Will it replace my staff?
- No. It takes a first pass at drafting, summarizing and searching. People still do the work that counts.
- Does it make my firm meet the rules for my profession?
- No. It doesn't change your professional obligations for client information. Ask your own counsel how those apply to any tool you use, this one included.
- Where do you work?
- Portland metro, in person. I'm based in West Linn.
Terrabyte's private AI is a tool for drafting, summarizing and searching documents. It does not provide legal, tax, accounting or financial advice, and its output can be wrong or incomplete. A qualified professional must review everything it produces before use. Using it does not change your firm's professional or regulatory obligations. The terms for each pilot are set in a written agreement.
See if a pilot fits.
Tell me what your team spends too long on. I'll tell you honestly whether this can help.