Local AI Limerick: Private AI on a Machine in Your Own Office
For the Mid-West firms whose documents are contractually somebody else's — the engineering consultancy in Raheen, the leasing adviser in Shannon, the law practice on O'Connell Street. Chat and document search that never leave the building.
Local AI in Limerick 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, Raheen, Castletroy or Shannon — 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 Limerick · Irish, PhD-led team · Quoted after one short call
The product is Local AI: one machine, installed on-site in Limerick, running private chat, document spaces and assistants.
Limerick's Engineering and Leasing Firms Live on Documents They Can't Send Out
The Mid-West's business base is unusually document-heavy. Engineering and manufacturing firms around Raheen, the National Technology Park at Plassey and the Shannon Free Zone work from client drawings, specifications and test reports that arrive under NDA. The aviation-leasing and financial-services firms clustered around Shannon handle lease agreements, technical records and counterparties' financials. The law and accountancy practices on O'Connell Street and Henry Street act for all of them, and hold the matter files and year-end accounts to prove it.
None of that material should be in a public chatbot's history. Some of it is. The engineer who needs a 120-page specification summarised before a site visit, the paralegal with a lease bundle to digest by the morning — they aren't being reckless, they're being quick. The fix isn't a ban; it's a tool that's just as quick and lives in your own building.
That's what Local AI is: a machine in your office running the models, with document spaces for the drawings folder or the lease archive, citations back to the page, and sign-in through the Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace accounts your staff already use. Nothing crosses your network boundary for the AI step, which is a sentence you can hand to a client's procurement team or your own professional indemnity insurer.
We install it in person — Limerick city, Raheen, Castletroy, Shannon, or the wider Mid-West out to Ennis and Nenagh — and support it remotely afterwards through the access you grant under a data processing agreement. If the hardware is the part you're curious about, the AI server page covers what's in the box; if it's the models, the local LLM page.
One Machine in Your Limerick 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.
Limerick and Mid-West 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.
| Limerick sector | The folder that stays in-house | Why | What Local AI does with it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering and manufacturing — Raheen, Plassey, Shannon | Client drawings, specifications, test reports, NDAs | Client confidentiality; tender and NDA terms | Search across a project, summarise specifications, draft standard reports |
| Aviation leasing and financial services — Shannon | Lease agreements, technical records, counterparty financials | Counterparty confidentiality obligations | Search a lease bundle, extract terms and dates, summarise records |
| Law firms — O'Connell Street and city centre | Matter files, precedents, discovery | Client confidentiality | Search a matter, summarise correspondence, first-draft letters |
| Accountancy practices | 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 — city and county | Patient correspondence, referral letters, policies | Special-category health data | Admin documents only — never clinical decisions |
| Architects and quantity surveyors | Tender packs, bills of quantities, contract correspondence | Tender confidentiality | Search a tender, summarise and compare submissions |
Cloud AI vs Local AI for a Limerick 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 Limerick 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 Limerick, 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 Limerick 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 Limerick office with the configured machine — city centre, Raheen, Castletroy or Shannon — 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 Limerick | 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 Limerick
Built in Ireland
An Irish company, installing in Limerick and Mid-West 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 Limerick office, then remote support through the access you grant. Not a sign-up page.
Local AI in Limerick: Your Questions Answered
Do you install Local AI in Limerick in person?
Yes. We bring the configured machine to your office — Limerick city, Raheen, Castletroy, Shannon or the wider Mid-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 Local AI handle engineering drawings and specifications?
Documents, yes: PDFs, specifications, reports and correspondence go into document spaces and can be searched, summarised and compared with citations back to the page. It reads text, tables and images in documents; it isn't a CAD tool. We'll test it on a sample of your files before go-live.
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 Limerick businesses use Local AI?
Engineering and manufacturing firms working under client NDAs, Shannon-based leasing and financial-services firms with counterparty records, law firms with matter files, accountancy practices with client accounts, 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.
The Specification Is Under NDA. Summarise It on a Machine You Own.
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.