Cloud AI vs Local AI: Latency, Performance, and Business Impact

Your AI. Your Data.

In today’s competitive landscape, enterprise leaders face a critical decision when implementing artificial intelligence: deploy in the cloud or on local infrastructure? This choice has far-reaching implications for latency, performance, security, and cost. In this post, we’ll compare Cloud AI vs. Local AI from a business perspective – examining benefits, challenges, and key considerations like real-time performance, privacy, compliance, and total cost. We’ll draw on industry reports, case studies, and research to illuminate trends in local AI adoption, and show how these insights apply to strategic decisions. Finally, we’ll contrast Software Tailor’s approach to enterprise AI with other cloud and on-premises solutions, highlighting how a tailored local AI strategy can give organizations an edge.

Understanding Cloud AI and Local AI

Cloud AI refers to artificial intelligence services or models hosted on remote servers (public cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.). Your data is sent to the cloud where powerful data center resources process it, and results are returned over the internet. Cloud AI offers virtually unlimited scalability and access to the latest AI tools without needing on-site hardware. For example, a company can use a cloud provider’s GPU clusters to run machine learning models on demand.

Local AI (or on-premises/edge AI) means running AI workloads on infrastructure you control – whether in your own data center, on factory floor servers, or even on edge devices. The computation happens close to the data source, inside your network. This could involve servers in an on-site data center, or edge devices at branch locations processing data in real time. Local AI keeps data and processing local, rather than shuttling information back and forth to a distant cloud.

For business and IT decision-makers, the fundamental trade-off is between the convenience and scale of the cloud and the control and immediacy of local deployment. To make an informed choice, let’s break down the differences in latency, performance, privacy, compliance, and cost – areas that directly impact business outcomes.

Latency and Performance: Real-Time Intelligence vs Network Delays

Performance is often the first consideration. How quickly can your AI system respond and deliver results? For many applications – especially those requiring real-time or near-real-time responses – latency (delay in data transfer and processing) is critical.

• Cloud AI Latency: When using Cloud AI, data has to travel from your location to the cloud data center and back. Even with fast internet, this round trip introduces delay. Typical cloud processing response times are in the tens of milliseconds (plus any additional processing queue time). In fact, studies show cloud inference latency in the range of 20–40 milliseconds is common (Edge Computing in 2025: Bringing Data Processing Closer to the User). For some contexts this is acceptable, but for others it’s a bottleneck.
• Local AI Latency: With Local AI, processing happens on-site or nearby, eliminating the wide-area network transit. Latency can drop dramatically – often under 5 milliseconds for critical tasks (Edge Computing in 2025: Bringing Data Processing Closer to the User). Essentially, the closer the compute is to the data source or end-user, the faster the response. This low latency is vital for use cases like autonomous vehicles, high-frequency trading, manufacturing control systems, or augmented reality, where even small delays can impact outcomes.

Real-world performance comparisons bear this out. Recent research found that edge computing implementations achieved response times under 5ms for critical applications, compared to 20–40ms in traditional cloud environments (). This kind of 8x faster response can be game-changing. It’s one reason Gartner predicts that by 2025, 75% of enterprise data will be processed at the edge (local), up from just 10% in 2018 (Edge Computing in 2025: Bringing Data Processing Closer to the User) – organizations are pushing computation closer to where data is generated to meet real-time needs. Similarly, internal tests by Dell Technologies showed that for AI tasks in computer vision, language processing, and voice recognition, an on-premises deployment outperformed an equivalent cloud instance, delivering lower latency and higher throughput (Cloud Vs On Premise: Putting Leading AI Voice, Vision & Language ...).

From a business standpoint, better latency and performance mean better user experiences and faster insights. For example, in a retail setting, an AI vision system on-premise can detect low stock on shelves and alert staff instantly, whereas a cloud-based system might lag, leading to missed sales. In finance, algorithmic trading systems colocated on-prem deliver competitive advantage by executing decisions milliseconds ahead of those relying on distant cloud servers. In healthcare, on-site AI can analyze patient scans or vital signs in real time during a consultation, improving outcomes.

However, cloud AI isn’t inherently slow – top cloud providers offer high-performance infrastructure and global data centers. For batch processing or non-time-sensitive analytics, a few extra milliseconds may not matter. And if your business lacks existing IT infrastructure, spinning up powerful cloud instances might actually be faster than procuring and installing new hardware locally. The key is aligning your AI deployment with your performance requirements: if ultra-low latency and consistent real-time processing are mission-critical, local AI has a clear edge in eliminating network delays (On-Premises vs. Cloud for AI Workloads). If your use case can tolerate some delay or bursts in workload, cloud may suffice – especially if it provides specialized hardware (TPUs, GPUs) that you don’t have in-house.

Data Privacy and Compliance: Control Over Your Data

Beyond performance, data privacy and regulatory compliance are major factors steering the cloud vs. local decision. For many enterprises, data isn’t just an asset – it’s a liability if mishandled. Sending sensitive information off-site to a cloud can raise concerns about security, confidentiality, and compliance with laws or industry regulations.

Cloud AI – Privacy Considerations: Reputable cloud AI providers invest heavily in security and often certify their platforms for standards like ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR compliance, etc. They implement encryption, access controls, and audit logging. However, when using a public cloud, you are inherently trusting a third party with your data. This can be problematic if you handle highly sensitive or regulated data: customer personally identifiable information (PII), financial records, intellectual property, healthcare data (under HIPAA), or government classified data. There’s always a risk (even if small) of data breaches, improper access, or “IP leakage” where your proprietary data or models might be exposed. In fact, many organizations express valid concerns about data exposure, compliance, and legal risks when considering public cloud for AI (Breaking Analysis: Cloud vs. On-Prem Showdown - The Future Battlefield for Generative AI Dominance - theCUBEResearch). Simply put, some data by policy cannot leave the premises – for example, EU’s GDPR or country-specific data sovereignty laws may require data to reside in certain locations. Cloud providers address this with regional data centers, but crossing organizational boundaries still adds complexity to compliance.

Local AI – Privacy Benefits: A local AI approach means Your Data stays within your walls (or devices). You maintain direct control over who and what touches the data. This is a huge advantage for privacy. No customer data or trade secrets need traverse the public internet. For industries like healthcare, finance, and government, on-premises AI is often the only viable choice to meet strict compliance requirements (On-Premises vs. Cloud for AI Workloads). By keeping processing on-site, businesses can more easily adhere to regulations and demonstrate compliance during audits – they know exactly where data is stored and processed. Local AI also reduces the “attack surface” for cyber threats; there’s no external cloud endpoint that hackers might target to intercept data in transit. If additional security measures are needed, they can be customized extensively on-prem (hardened firewalls, isolated networks, physical access controls, etc.).

Software Tailor’s own experience underscores these benefits. We specialize in local AI deployments where data never leaves the secure environment – a crucial need for clients in healthcare, finance, and government sectors (Software Tailor – Services) (Software Tailor – Services). By processing data on premises, organizations can leverage AI insights without exposing sensitive information to outside networks. As one of our team mottos puts it, “Our AI is made for you — private, secure, and always in your control.” This level of data governance is hard to replicate in a purely cloud-based model.

Of course, running AI locally doesn’t automatically guarantee compliance – organizations still must implement proper data handling practices, user access controls, and monitoring. And cloud providers do offer virtual private clouds, dedicated instances, and encryption to mitigate many risks. But at the end of the day, if your enterprise has zero tolerance for data leaving your sight, local AI is the straightforward solution. It gives peace of mind to executives and compliance officers that **“Your AI” operates on your data – and no one else’s. (Hence the slogan: Your AI. Your Data.)

Finally, consider intellectual property: if you are developing unique AI models or algorithms, you may prefer to train and run them on-premises to avoid any ambiguity about ownership or inadvertent sharing. Some companies worry that using a cloud AI API could implicitly give the provider access to learn from their data or models. With local deployment, the model weights, training data, and outputs all remain behind your firewall, firmly under your ownership.

Cost Considerations: OpEx vs CapEx and the ROI Equation

Cost is often the deciding factor for many business leaders. Cloud services and on-premises infrastructure have very different cost models, each with pros and cons. Understanding the total cost of ownership (TCO) is essential for a sound strategy.

Cloud AI Costs: Cloud operates on an OpEx (Operational Expense) model – you pay as you go, typically monthly, based on usage. The allure is clear: no large upfront investment in hardware or infrastructure. You can start an AI project with a modest budget and scale resources as needed. This elasticity is great for experimentation or variable workloads. If you only occasionally need to burst to 8 GPUs to train a model, renting those GPUs for a few hours in the cloud is far cheaper than purchasing them outright. Additionally, cloud offloads the costs of data center space, electricity, cooling, and hardware maintenance to the provider.

However, cloud costs can escalate quickly as your AI usage grows (On-Premises vs. Cloud for AI Workloads). High computational needs (training large models, running thousands of inferences per minute) translate into significant cloud bills. You pay for every CPU/GPU hour, every GB of storage, and even data transfer bandwidth in many cases. Over time, for always-on workloads, these recurring costs may far outstrip the one-time cost of owning equipment. Many organizations have learned the hard way that cloud’s convenience can come with a surprisingly high price tag at scale. For example, transferring large datasets to and from the cloud can incur hefty bandwidth charges (sometimes called “data egress” fees). Performing a TCO analysis is crucial: one should factor in not just the immediate cost, but 1-3 year horizon of operating in the cloud, including indirect costs of downtime or performance limitations (On-Premises vs. Cloud for AI Workloads).

Local AI Costs: Deploying AI on-premises follows a CapEx (Capital Expense) model – you invest in hardware (servers, GPUs, storage) and infrastructure upfront. This requires budget commitment and planning. For a small team or pilot project, buying a $50,000 server might be hard to justify versus a few hundred dollars on cloud credits. But for sustained workloads, on-prem can be dramatically more cost-efficient over time. One analysis comparing a year of cloud GPU rental to owning an equivalent server found that the on-premise solution cost a fraction of the cloud alternative. In a published case, a 4-GPU on-prem server had 84% lower cost over one year compared to the same workload on AWS cloud (€12k vs €77k) (CLOUD VS. ON-PREMISE - Total Cost of Ownership Analysis). Even a higher-end configuration saved ~46% versus cloud in that analysis (CLOUD VS. ON-PREMISE - Total Cost of Ownership Analysis). The on-prem investment paid for itself within months of continuous use, after which the additional compute was essentially “free” aside from electricity and maintenance.

Local AI also saves in less obvious ways: by processing data locally, companies can reduce the need for expensive high-bandwidth internet connections and avoid cloud data transfer fees. Only the most important data (aggregated results, etc.) might be sent out, if at all. Research confirms that this efficient data handling leads to significant bandwidth cost savings and better overall system efficiency (Edge Computing in 2025: Bringing Data Processing Closer to the User).

Of course, owning infrastructure means responsibility for upkeep. Hardware can depreciate or become obsolete (GPUs from 3 years ago may not be as efficient as the latest). There is a cost to house and power the machines, and you need IT staff to manage them. These factors must be included in the TCO. Yet, many large enterprises already have data center capacity and IT staff – for them, adding AI servers is incremental cost, not starting from scratch.

Cost Trade-off Summary: If your AI usage is sporadic or project-based, cloud’s pay-per-use model might be cheaper and certainly more flexible (you can shut down resources to stop costs). If your AI workloads are constant or growing, at some point it becomes more economical to invest in your own infrastructure. Think of it like renting vs buying machinery: renting (cloud) is great for a short-term or variable need; buying (on-prem) pays off when you use the machine 24/7. In practice, many companies start in the cloud to prototype and get quick wins, but as they mature their AI operations, they evaluate repatriating some workloads to a private infrastructure to cut costs in the long run.

Our recommendation is to project your 12-24 month usage. Run the numbers for cloud vs local. Include hidden costs (e.g., engineering hours to manage either solution, potential downtime risks, compliance costs). Often, a hybrid approach emerges as cost-optimal: keep baseline workloads on-prem and burst to cloud for peaks. In either case, having clarity on the cost per inference or per training run will help you optimize and justify the investment. A well-planned on-prem deployment can even turn cost into a competitive advantage, allowing you to scale AI cost-effectively as demand grows.

Scalability, Flexibility, and Innovation

Another angle to consider is how each approach supports your growth and innovation:

Scalability: Cloud platforms excel at scaling. Need to handle 10x more traffic suddenly? Cloud can spin up instances in minutes to meet demand – a lifesaver for unpredictable loads or rapid growth. On-premises scaling is slower; you must purchase and install new hardware, which could take weeks or months. Cloud also allows virtually infinite scale (limited only by budget), whereas local is bound by your current hardware pool. If your business model involves sudden spikes (e.g. an e-commerce promotion with surging AI-driven recommendations), the cloud’s elasticity prevents performance bottlenecks or service crashes. That said, not every business experiences such volatile demand – many have steady, predictable loads that can be planned for with capacity headroom on-prem.

Flexibility & Innovation: Cloud AI providers offer rich ecosystems of services that accelerate development. From pre-trained AI models, to AutoML tools, to robust MLOps pipelines – much is available as a service. This means your developers can experiment with the latest algorithms and updates immediately. In fact, developers often praise public cloud for its feature richness and rapid innovation (Breaking Analysis: Cloud vs. On-Prem Showdown - The Future Battlefield for Generative AI Dominance - theCUBEResearch). New AI model releases or hardware (like new GPU types) appear on the cloud first, giving early adopters an edge. Local AI, by contrast, could require waiting to acquire new hardware or manually implementing new tools. However, the gap is closing: open-source AI frameworks and models are widely available for on-prem deployment, and companies like Software Tailor ensure that even on-prem clients can integrate cutting-edge developments quickly (through updates, support, and hybrid connectivity when needed).

Another aspect of flexibility is offline capability. With local AI, your solutions can run in isolated environments without internet – useful for remote field operations or secure facilities. Cloud AI generally requires connectivity; if your link goes down, so does the AI service. Having AI on the edge or on-prem provides resilience in such scenarios.

Maintenance & Expertise: Who manages the system? In cloud, the heavy lifting of maintenance (hardware failures, updates, scaling) is the provider’s responsibility. Your team can focus on AI development, not on keeping servers running. In an on-premises model, you’ll need IT personnel to maintain the infrastructure, apply updates, and ensure high availability. This is a trade-off: larger enterprises often already have this capability in-house, whereas smaller companies might prefer to outsource it via cloud. Software Tailor’s approach helps here by offering managed on-prem solutions – we handle the setup and can even remotely assist with maintenance, giving you a cloud-like ease in your own environment.

Hybrid Solutions: Many enterprises conclude that a hybrid strategy yields the best of both worlds (On-Premises vs. Cloud for AI Workloads). For instance, you might keep sensitive data and low-latency inference servers on-premises, but use the cloud for training large models or for serving less sensitive workloads (like a public website chatbot). Or use local AI in your primary region (for data sovereignty) and cloud AI to serve international offices. A hybrid approach requires integration, but modern platforms and containerization (e.g. Kubernetes, AI model containers) make it feasible to port AI models between environments. The key is to architect your AI workflows to be cloud-agnostic where possible, so you have flexibility to shift workloads as economics or requirements change. Software Tailor’s solutions are built with this flexibility in mind – for example, our AI Binding platform allows deploying the same AI services offline on a local server or in a cloud VM, depending on what the client needs at any given time (Software Tailor – Services). This fluidity ensures you’re never locked into one approach.

Industry Trends: The Shift Toward Local and Edge AI

It’s instructive to look at broader industry trends. AI started out heavily centralized (in big cloud data centers), but we’re now seeing a momentum to decentralize certain AI workloads:

• Adoption of Edge AI: Analysts predict a massive growth in edge computing. As noted earlier, Gartner forecasts a jump to 75% of enterprise data being processed outside central data centers by 2025 (Edge Computing in 2025: Bringing Data Processing Closer to the User). This indicates that businesses are indeed moving AI and analytics closer to where data is generated – whether for latency, privacy, or cost reasons. A recent theCUBE research analysis found that when it comes to deploying new generative AI applications, enterprises are split almost 50/50 on using public cloud vs. on-prem/edge environments (Breaking Analysis: Cloud vs. On-Prem Showdown - The Future Battlefield for Generative AI Dominance - theCUBEResearch). This is a striking change from a few years ago when cloud was presumed to be the default for AI. It shows how concerns around data control and performance are driving many to reconsider on-prem solutions.

• Privacy & Compliance Driving Local AI: Highly regulated industries have been among the first to embrace local AI. Banks and financial institutions often keep AI on-prem to comply with regulations and avoid sharing customer data externally. Healthcare organizations deploy AI for imaging or patient data analysis within hospital premises to adhere to privacy laws. Government and defense projects almost exclusively use on-premise AI due to security classifications. These sectors are now showcasing success stories of local AI delivering value – for example, hospitals using on-site AI to do instant tumor detection on MRI scans, or factories using edge AI to inspect product quality in real time on the assembly line. Their results demonstrate that local AI can meet stringent requirements without cloud dependence.

• Emergence of Enterprise-Grade Local AI Solutions: A growing ecosystem of vendors and open-source tools is making local AI more accessible. Not long ago, if you wanted to run an AI model on-prem, you had to assemble hardware and software components with a lot of engineering. Today, companies like Software Tailor provide ready-to-deploy appliances and software platforms specifically designed for private AI. There are also hybrid cloud offerings (e.g. AWS Outposts, Azure Stack) where cloud providers themselves deliver an on-premise version of their services. The proliferation of these options validates that demand exists for cloud-like AI capabilities delivered locally. It’s now easier to get the benefits of cloud (managed services, scalability) in one’s own data center, reducing the gap between the two paradigms.

• Case in Point – Software Tailor’s Approach: Software Tailor has been at the forefront of this local AI movement, helping organizations large and small adopt AI behind their firewall. We’ve observed that once businesses see the latency improvements and gain confidence that their data stays private, they often expand their on-prem AI footprint. In one case study, a client in the legal industry started with a local NLP model for document analysis to ensure confidential data never left their office; they found the performance so superior (processing documents 5× faster than the previous cloud API, due to no network overhead) that they soon added more AI use cases to the on-prem platform. The trend is clear – as tools improve and awareness grows, more enterprises are embracing a “Your AI. Your Data.” philosophy.

Software Tailor vs. Cloud Providers vs. Other Local AI Offerings

How does Software Tailor’s approach differ from typical cloud AI services or other on-prem solutions? In essence, we combine the strengths of both worlds while mitigating their drawbacks, offering a unique value proposition for enterprise AI:

• Data Stays on Your Premises: Unlike cloud providers that require your data and model computations to reside in their data centers, Software Tailor deploys AI directly in your environment. We ensure your data never leaves your secure network (Software Tailor – Services). This means you get all the privacy and compliance benefits of local AI by default – an approach summed up by our slogan “Your AI. Your Data.” Your models and information remain solely under your ownership, eliminating worries about data sovereignty or unauthorized access that can come with cloud services.

• Tailored, Turnkey Solutions: Many “local AI offerings” in the market are either DIY open-source stacks or generic hardware boxes. By contrast, Software Tailor provides customizable, turnkey AI solutions. We don’t just drop off a server at your door – we collaborate to tailor the models and software to your business needs. Whether you need to run GPT-like chatbots internally, perform secure audio/video processing, or analyze text documents, we configure the solution to those use cases (Software Tailor – Services). Other local AI approaches often leave the integration and optimization up to the customer’s IT team. Software Tailor’s team handles everything from model selection or fine-tuning, to setting up data pipelines on-prem, to UI integrations, so that your AI deployment is ready to deliver value from day one.

• Cloud-Grade Performance, Minus the Latency: We architect on-prem solutions for high performance. Our systems leverage enterprise-grade GPUs and optimized inference runtimes to match or exceed cloud speeds – without the latency overhead of network calls. In fact, as noted earlier, many tasks can run an order of magnitude faster locally for the same reason edge computing excels (Edge Computing in 2025: Bringing Data Processing Closer to the User). Additionally, because the hardware is dedicated to you, there’s no noisy neighbor effect (performance variability caused by other customers, which can happen in shared cloud environments). The result is consistent, blazing-fast AI response times that delight end-users and enable real-time decision-making.

• Cost Efficiency and Predictability: We understand budget pressures. Software Tailor’s on-prem solutions are often more cost-effective over the long term compared to equivalent cloud usage. We work with clients to calculate ROI, and in many cases, the investment in a local AI platform pays for itself by eliminating ongoing cloud fees (as illustrated by TCO analyses in the industry (CLOUD VS. ON-PREMISE - Total Cost of Ownership Analysis)). Moreover, costs are predictable – you’re not subject to monthly billing surprises due to a spike in usage. This predictability helps in planning and ensures AI growth doesn’t inadvertently break the bank. For organizations already concerned about rising cloud costs, our model provides welcome relief.

• No-Compromise Compliance and Security: Because our deployments are within your controlled environment, meeting compliance standards is straightforward. We design the solution to fit your security policies – whether it’s isolating the AI server on a separate network, implementing advanced encryption for data at rest, or logging and monitoring as per regulatory needs. Cloud providers offer compliance commitments, but you still bear ultimate responsibility for how data is used in their cloud. With Software Tailor, you maintain direct oversight. This is ideal for industries with stringent requirements (we routinely help customers in finance and healthcare achieve compliance audits with flying colors by keeping their AI in-house).

• Ongoing Support & Innovation: One might think choosing a local solution means missing out on the continuous improvements of cloud services – not so with Software Tailor. Our team keeps you updated with the latest AI advancements. We provide updates, patches, and even new model deployments over time as part of our service (always within your environment, of course). Essentially, you get a partner in AI innovation. If a breakthrough model emerges that could benefit your use case, we help integrate it on-prem. If your workload grows, we advise on scaling up your infrastructure or can integrate cloud resources in a hybrid fashion. In short, we ensure your on-prem AI stays cutting-edge and scalable, much like a cloud service would, but under your terms. Other local AI offerings that are purely product-based might not include this level of partnership.

• Comparison to Cloud Providers: Cloud AI services (from the big providers) excel in broad offerings and global reach, but they treat data privacy and customization as the customer’s problem beyond certain default safeguards. They also operate on a one-size-fits-all model – the same platform for all customers. In contrast, Software Tailor’s approach is bespoke: your AI stack is designed for your data and requirements. We essentially bring the cloud experience to you, instead of bringing your data to the cloud. And we do so with an emphasis that your AI solutions remain fully in your control at all times.

• Comparison to Other On-Prem/Edge Solutions: There are other ways to do local AI – one could self-host open-source AI models or buy hardware appliances from vendors. The challenge many businesses face with those options is the integration and know-how required. For instance, adopting an open-source large language model might still require a team of ML engineers to optimize and maintain. Purchasing an AI appliance might give you hardware, but not the specialized software layer needed to serve your users. Software Tailor differentiates by providing an end-to-end solution: hardware, software, customization, and support. It’s not just a toolbox; it’s a fully built machine tailored to fit into your operations. This means faster deployment and fewer internal resources needed to get up and running. Our clients often note that this partnership model is what gave them the confidence to move AI in-house, whereas previously they stuck to cloud because they lacked in-house AI ops expertise. We bridge that gap.

In summary, Software Tailor’s approach is about empowering enterprises to have the benefits of local AI (speed, security, ownership) without the usual drawbacks (complexity, maintenance burden). It’s a middle path that leverages the best aspects of both cloud and on-premises strategies. We believe that for many organizations, this approach offers the highest ROI and lowest risk path to AI adoption.

Conclusion: Choosing What’s Right for Your Enterprise

Choosing between Cloud AI and Local AI is not a trivial decision – it’s a strategic choice that will influence your company’s agility, risk profile, and even public trust. As we’ve explored, Cloud AI offers scalability, quick startup, and a constant stream of new capabilities, making it attractive for fast-moving innovation and variable workloads. Local AI provides unparalleled control, ultra-low latency, and strong data governance, which is crucial for mission-critical and sensitive applications. Increasingly, enterprises are finding a balance via hybrid models or by leveraging providers like Software Tailor to gain cloud-like benefits on-prem.

For business leaders, the key is to align the technology approach with your business priorities and constraints. Ask yourself: Are milliseconds of latency worth millions in revenue? Are there compliance or customer trust issues that mandate data stay within our four walls? What is the total cost of ownership over the next 3-5 years for each approach? How important is it for us to retain IP and bespoke capabilities versus using standardized external services? Answering these questions will guide you toward the right mix of cloud and local AI for your strategy.

One thing is clear – AI is no longer optional for competitive enterprises. It’s becoming the backbone of intelligent products, services, and decisions. As you invest in AI, making the right infrastructure choice will set the foundation for success. You don’t want latency to undermine a user experience, nor do you want a data breach or runaway cloud bill to derail your AI initiative. It’s about finding the optimal solution that delivers performance, insight, and peace of mind.

At Software Tailor, we are passionate about helping organizations navigate these choices. Whether you’re just starting with AI or looking to optimize an established AI pipeline, our experts can assess your needs and recommend the ideal deployment approach – be it cloud, on-prem, or a tailored combination. Our motto, “Your AI. Your Data.”, encapsulates our belief that empowering businesses to fully own their AI (and the data fueling it) leads to the best outcomes.

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