Curated list of tools, frameworks, and resources for running, building, and deploying AI privately — on-prem, air-gapped, or self-hosted. By running a Large Language Model (LLM) on your own Dedicated Server, you gain complete control. In this guide, we will walk you through the exact hardware requirements and software steps to build your own private AI. Our goal was to evaluate two different options, DeepSeek (on EC2) and OpenAI (on Azure), and investigate the setup process, costs, and how realistic it would be for an organization to get one of these running as a private AI instance. Self-hosted AI gives organizations complete control over their data, eliminates the risk of sensitive. Run lightweight AI workloads including SLMs, tinyML applications, and distilled models on secure, single-tenant infrastructure.
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