Local AI Dublin: Private AI on a Machine in Your Own Office
For the Dublin firms whose files belong to someone else — the law practice on Fitzwilliam Square, the accountancy in Rathmines, the recruiter in the Docklands. Chat and document search that never leave the building.
Local AI in Dublin means private AI running on a dedicated machine in your own office, not on a cloud provider's servers. AgentHub, an Irish AI company, supplies the machine, installs it on your network — city centre or business park — connects your Microsoft or Google sign-in and supports it, so client files stay in the building.
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Installed on-site in Dublin · Irish, PhD-led team · Quoted after one short call
The product is Local AI: one machine, installed on-site in Dublin, running private chat, document spaces and assistants.
Dublin's Confidential Files Are the Ones Getting Pasted Into Chatbots
Dublin has more professional-services firms per square mile than anywhere else in the country, and almost all of them handle other people's secrets. A conveyancing file in a Dublin 2 practice. A client's management accounts in an accountancy off Baggot Street. A candidate's CV and salary in a recruiter's Docklands office. A fund's board pack in a small administrator in the IFSC. None of those should be in a public chatbot's history — and by Thursday afternoon, some of them are.
The people pasting them aren't careless. They're a trainee with 40 pages of correspondence to summarise by four, a bookkeeper who needs a management letter drafted before month-end. A blanket ban moves the habit to a personal phone on the Luas. Local AI gives the same people the same tool on a machine you own, with a login you manage, so the sanctioned route is also the easy one.
Practically, Dublin installs are the most varied we do. A converted Georgian townhouse with the comms cupboard under the stairs, a serviced office in Sandyford with a shared rack, a Citywest unit with a proper server room — the machine goes wherever there's a network port, a socket and some airflow. We come to you, put it on the 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. If you're weighing a public tool's business tier instead, our guide on whether ChatGPT is safe for confidential information is the honest place to start; the GDPR-compliant AI page covers what a Dublin firm's DPO will want to know.
One Machine in Your Dublin 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.
Dublin 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.
| Dublin sector | The folder that stays in-house | Why | What Local AI does with it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law firms — Dublin 2, 4 and the Four Courts | Matter files, precedents, discovery, counsel's opinions | Client confidentiality; contract clauses forbidding external processors | Search a matter, summarise correspondence, first-draft standard letters |
| Accountancy practices | Client year-end files, payroll, working papers | Dozens of clients' financial data in one office | Summarise, extract figures, draft management letters |
| Recruitment and HR — Docklands, city centre | CVs, salary details, references, investigations | Personal data of people who never became clients | Spaces limited to the recruiting or HR group |
| Fund and corporate administrators — IFSC | Board packs, KYC files, investor correspondence | Confidentiality undertakings to the fund and its investors | Private chat and document spaces with no external processor |
| GP and dental practices | Patient correspondence, referral letters, practice policies | Special-category health data | Admin documents only — never clinical decisions |
| Architects and engineering consultancies | Tender packs, client drawings, contract correspondence | Client NDAs and tender confidentiality | Search across a tender, summarise specifications |
Cloud AI vs Local AI for a Dublin 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 Dublin 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 Dublin, 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 Dublin 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 Dublin office with the configured machine — townhouse, serviced office or business park — 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 Dublin | 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 Cork · Local AI Galway · 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 Dublin
Built in Ireland
An Irish company, installing in Dublin 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 Dublin office, then remote support through the access you grant. Not a sign-up page.
Local AI in Dublin: Your Questions Answered
Do you install Local AI in Dublin offices in person?
Yes. We bring the configured machine to your office — city centre, Sandyford, Citywest, 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.
Can it go in a serviced office or a shared building?
Usually. It needs a network port on your own network, a socket and some airflow — a locked cupboard or a shared rack in a serviced office both work. Staff reach it through the browser on the office network; nothing is exposed to other tenants. We'll check the specifics on the call.
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 Dublin businesses use Local AI?
The ones whose files belong to someone else: law firms with matter files, accountancy practices with client accounts, recruiters and HR teams with CVs and personnel records, fund administrators with board packs, and clinics with patient correspondence. Most start with one team and one 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.
A Dublin Firm's Files Shouldn't Leave the Building to Be Summarised
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.