Local AI Cork: Private AI on a Machine in Your Own Office
For the Cork firms that signed somebody's NDA — the supplier to the pharma cluster, the law practice on the South Mall, the accountancy in Douglas. Chat and document search that never leave the building.
Local AI in Cork means private AI running on a dedicated machine in your own office rather than a cloud provider's servers. AgentHub, an Irish AI company, supplies the machine, installs it on your network — city, Little Island or Ringaskiddy — connects your Microsoft or Google sign-in and supports it, so confidential files stay in the building.
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Installed on-site in Cork · Irish, PhD-led team · Quoted after one short call
The product is Local AI: one machine, installed on-site in Cork, running private chat, document spaces and assistants.
Cork Runs on NDAs — and NDAs Don't Allow Public Chatbots
Cork's economy has a shape most Irish cities don't: a ring of large pharmaceutical and medical-device plants at Ringaskiddy, Little Island and Carrigtwohill, and hundreds of local firms that supply them. Engineering consultancies, validation contractors, calibration labs, specialist recruiters, the law and accountancy practices that act for them. Almost every one of those firms has signed a supplier agreement that says, in some form, that the client's documents will not be passed to a third-party processor.
A public AI chatbot is a third-party processor. So is the business tier of one, contractually. That's the bind: the specifications, batch records and audit correspondence that would benefit most from an AI assistant are exactly the documents the client's NDA says stay in-house. Meanwhile someone on the team has a 90-page validation protocol to summarise by Friday, and a free chatbot open in another tab.
Local AI resolves it by moving the AI, not the documents. The model runs on a machine in your own office — a unit in Little Island, an office on the South Mall, a practice in Douglas — and nothing crosses your network boundary for the AI step. That is a sentence you can put in front of a pharma client's quality department and have it hold up. Our on-premise AI page has the version written for whoever looks after your IT.
The install is a visit: we bring the configured machine, put it on your network, connect single sign-on with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, import the folders you've chosen and train the team. Support afterwards is remote, through the access you grant under a data processing agreement.
One Machine in Your Cork Office, Three Tools
Everything runs on the machine in your building. Staff sign in with the Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace accounts they already have.
Private Chat
A ChatGPT-style assistant on your own hardware. Draft, summarise, ask questions about an uploaded file — the conversation is stored on the box, and only there.
Document Spaces
Point it at the folder that can't leave the building. Search, compare and summarise across hundreds of documents, with a citation back to the page each answer came from.
AI Assistants
Custom automations for the recurring jobs — a monthly report, a standard letter, a checklist someone runs by hand — built on the same machine and covered by the same support.
Cork Sectors and the Folder That Stays In-House
Every firm has one folder its clients, its regulator or its contracts say stays in-house. That folder is where Local AI starts.
| Cork sector | The folder that stays in-house | Why | What Local AI does with it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suppliers to pharma and medtech — Ringaskiddy, Little Island, Carrigtwohill | Specifications, validation protocols, batch and audit correspondence | Client NDAs forbidding third-party processing | Search and summarise across a project, draft standard reports |
| Law firms — South Mall and city centre | Matter files, precedents, discovery | Client confidentiality | Search a matter, summarise correspondence, first-draft letters |
| Accountancy practices — Douglas, Blackpool, city | Client year-end files, payroll, working papers | Dozens of clients' financial data in one office | Summarise, extract figures, draft management letters |
| Engineering and validation consultancies | Tender packs, client drawings, test reports | Tender confidentiality and client NDAs | Search a tender pack, summarise specifications |
| GP and dental practices | Patient correspondence, referral letters, policies | Special-category health data | Admin documents only — never clinical decisions |
| Recruitment — specialist life-sciences recruiters | CVs, salary details, references | Personal data of candidates | Spaces limited to the recruiting group |
Cloud AI vs Local AI for a Cork Business
We sell both, so this is the honest version. Many clients run cloud agents on the phone and inbox, and Local AI on the files.
| Comparison | Cloud AI chatbot | Local AI in your Cork office |
|---|---|---|
| Where the data is processed | The provider's servers, usually outside Ireland | Your building, your network |
| Third-party AI processor | Yes — a contract to sign, assess and review | None for the AI step; we're a processor only for support access, under a DPA |
| Used to train models? | Depends on the tier and each user's settings | Never |
| Internet needed | For everything | Only for sign-in |
| Capability | Frontier models — strongest on hard, novel problems | Very capable for summarising, drafting and extraction; somewhat slower |
| Who installs and supports it | Nobody — you sign up online | An Irish team, on-site in Cork, then remote support |
| Pricing shape | Per user per month, in dollars | Hardware, setup and monthly support, in euro |
| Best for | Phone, email and leads automation — see our AI receptionist | Confidential, document-heavy work |
From a Call to a Machine in Your Cork Office
Scope and Size
A short call about which team, which folder and how many people. We pick the models and size the machine from that — bring your IT person or your DPO if you have one.
We Come and Install It
We come to your Cork office with the configured machine — city centre, Douglas, Little Island or Ringaskiddy — put it on your network, connect your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace sign-in and import the folders you've chosen.
Train, Go Live, Keep It Current
We train the team on the day. Software updates, model upgrades, backups and support are ours — the installers are the people you ring.
What the Arrangement Covers, and What Stays With Your Team
Quoted in euro after a short call, once we know your team size and document volume.
| Area | AgentHub does | Your team keeps |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | Sizes, supplies, configures and installs the machine on-site in Cork | A network port, a socket and somewhere for it to sit |
| Setup | Single sign-on, document import into spaces, training | Deciding which folders are in scope |
| Ongoing | Software updates, model upgrades, backups, support from the installers | One named contact we talk to |
| Failure | A replacement machine restored from backup | Agreeing the backup schedule with us before go-live |
| Data protection | Processor for support access only; a DPA signed before go-live | You remain the data controller; your retention and access policies keep applying |
| Cost shape | Hardware, setup and a monthly support fee | No per-user or per-message charges — 50 questions or 5,000 cost the same |
Nearby: Local AI Limerick · Local AI Waterford · Local AI across Ireland
What Clients Say About Working With Us
Since installing AgentHub's AI receptionist, we haven't missed a single patient call. It handles appointment queries after hours and our front desk staff can focus on in-clinic care.
Our inbox was drowning us. AgentHub's email manager now categorises everything and drafts responses that sound exactly like us. Response times went from 48 hours to under 4.
An Irish AI Company That Comes to Cork
Built in Ireland
An Irish company, installing in Cork offices in person. The installer and the support line are the same people — see who we are.
PhD-Led Team
Founded by a Computer Science PhD with 27+ years in software, including 15 years at IBM Ireland.
Security First
Co-founded by a Security Architect. Your own sign-in, no inbound ports, and a data processing agreement before go-live.
On-Site Install
A physical install in your Cork office, then remote support through the access you grant. Not a sign-up page.
Local AI in Cork: Your Questions Answered
Do you install Local AI in Cork in person?
Yes. We bring the configured machine to your office — city centre, Douglas, Little Island, Ringaskiddy or anywhere in the county — put it on your network, connect single sign-on and train the team on the day. Support afterwards is remote, through the access you grant under a data processing agreement.
Will Local AI satisfy a pharma client's supplier agreement?
It removes the clause that usually fails: there is no third-party AI processor, because the model runs on a machine in your own office and the documents never leave your network. We'll give you the facts in writing for your client's quality or procurement team; their sign-off is theirs to give.
Does Local AI need an internet connection?
Not for the AI itself. The models run on the machine in your office, so chat and document search keep working if your line goes down. Internet is used for signing in, and for connecting to your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace account if you enable that.
Is Local AI GDPR compliant?
No product makes a business GDPR-compliant on its own. What Local AI removes is the hardest question: where the personal data goes. There is no third-party AI processor and no international transfer for the AI step. You remain the controller; we act as processor only for support access, under a signed DPA.
Which Cork businesses use Local AI?
Suppliers and consultancies working under pharma and medtech NDAs, law firms with matter files, accountancy practices with client accounts, specialist recruiters with candidate data, and clinics with patient correspondence. Most start with one team and one folder — the validation archive, or the contracts folder.
How much does Local AI cost?
Three parts, in euro: the hardware, the setup, and a monthly support fee covering updates, model upgrades, backups and the people who installed it. No per-user or per-message fees for the AI itself. We quote after a short call once we know your team size and document volume.
Your Cork Client's NDA Says the Documents Stay In-House. So Should the AI.
Tell us which team and which folder. We'll size the machine and come and install it.
Prefer to talk? Email sghaith@agenthub.ie or call 087 788 2676.