Local AI Galway: Private AI on a Machine in Your Own Office
For the Galway firms with documents that can't travel — the medtech supplier in Parkmore, the software company in the docks, the law practice off Eyre Square. Chat and document search that never leave the building.
Local AI in Galway 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, Parkmore, Ballybrit or the wider West — connects your Microsoft or Google sign-in and supports it, so files stay in the building.
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Installed on-site in Galway · Irish, PhD-led team · Quoted after one short call
The product is Local AI: one machine, installed on-site in Galway, running private chat, document spaces and assistants.
Galway's Medtech Cluster Runs on Documents That Stay Under NDA
Galway is one of Europe's medical-device capitals, and the cluster around Parkmore and Ballybrit is surrounded by the firms that serve it: design and validation consultancies, regulatory writers, specialist recruiters, tooling and contract manufacturers. The paperwork those firms live on — design history files, risk analyses, regulatory submissions, audit correspondence — is under NDA to a client who takes confidentiality very seriously, because their own notified body does.
Add the software companies along the docks with customer contracts and source material, the law and accountancy practices around Eyre Square and Dominick Street with matter files and year-end accounts, and the practices in Salthill and Knocknacarra with patient correspondence, and you have a city full of documents that should never be pasted into a public chatbot. Some of them are, every week, by people trying to hit a deadline.
Local AI gives those people the same tool on a machine in your own building. Document spaces for the regulatory archive or the contracts folder, answers with citations back to the page, sign-in through the Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace accounts your staff already have — and nothing crossing your network boundary for the AI step. The private AI page covers the confidentiality side; the GDPR-compliant AI page covers what a client's quality team or your DPO will ask.
We install in person — Galway city, Parkmore, Ballybrit, Oranmore, or the wider West out to Castlebar and Ennis — and support the machine remotely afterwards through the access you grant under a data processing agreement, with a replacement restored from backup if the hardware fails.
One Machine in Your Galway 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.
Galway and West of Ireland 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.
| Galway sector | The folder that stays in-house | Why | What Local AI does with it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtech suppliers and consultancies — Parkmore, Ballybrit, Oranmore | Design history files, risk analyses, regulatory submissions, audit correspondence | Client NDAs and regulatory confidentiality | Search across a submission, summarise protocols, draft standard reports |
| Software and technology companies — the docks, city | Customer contracts, technical documentation, support records | Customer confidentiality and licence terms | Search contracts, summarise support history, draft documentation |
| Law firms — Eyre Square, Dominick Street | Matter files, precedents, discovery | Client confidentiality | Search a matter, summarise correspondence, first-draft letters |
| Accountancy practices — city and county | Client year-end files, payroll, working papers | Dozens of clients' financial data in one office | Summarise, extract figures, draft management letters |
| GP and dental practices — Salthill, Knocknacarra, county | Patient correspondence, referral letters, policies | Special-category health data | Admin documents only — never clinical decisions |
| Hospitality and tourism groups | Staff records, supplier contracts, insurance correspondence | Personnel data across seasonal teams | HR spaces with access limited to managers |
Cloud AI vs Local AI for a Galway 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 Galway 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 Galway, 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 Galway 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 Galway office with the configured machine — city centre, Parkmore, Ballybrit or Oranmore — 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 Galway | 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 Dublin · 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 Galway
Built in Ireland
An Irish company, installing in Galway and West of Ireland 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 Galway office, then remote support through the access you grant. Not a sign-up page.
Local AI in Galway: Your Questions Answered
Do you install Local AI in Galway in person?
Yes. We bring the configured machine to your office — Galway city, Parkmore, Ballybrit, Oranmore or the wider West — 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 a medtech supplier use Local AI on documents under a client NDA?
That's the point of it. The model runs on a machine in your own office and the documents never leave your network, so there is no third-party AI processor for the NDA to object to. We'll put the facts in writing for your client's quality team; whether it satisfies their agreement is their call to make.
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 Galway businesses use Local AI?
Medtech suppliers and consultancies working under NDA, software companies with customer contracts, law firms with matter files, accountancy practices with client accounts, and clinics with patient correspondence. Most start with one team and one folder — the regulatory 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.
The Design History File Stays Under NDA. So Should the AI Reading It.
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.