Sovereign and local AI
The cloud means paying to use someone else's computer.
Your emails, contracts, client data, accounts, strategy, trade secrets: all of it sits with Amazon, Microsoft or Google.
New, 4 August 2026: BrainDup v2.2 is out in a fully usable version, proven on a real demonstration bench: Marvia, the AI of the Morvan.
Your AI runs on your premises
Founded by Jean-Marc André, engineer and business owner, with more than 100 AI projects. The principle: “unplug the cable”. If your AI stops without internet, it is not yours.
Open source
Source code open to inspection, fully auditable.
Data stays with you
No data goes to the cloud.
No vendor lock-in
No dependency on a single supplier.
Human in the middle
The AI assists, the human decides.
The BrainDup appliance
- NVIDIA GB10 chip (Blackwell)
- Twenty times more powerful than a MacBook Pro M4
- Price: around €4,500 (one-off)
- Compact, with a Kensington lock
- Next generation seven times more powerful (2027)
- Tower version around September 2026
around €4,500
A one-off investment
Paid back within a year against the cloud
The sovereign software stack
LLM: the brain
Mistral, Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek through Ollama. Open models, run locally.
RAG: the memory
Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Query up to 20,000 documents.
n8n: the arms
An orchestrator connecting the AI to your business tools. Visual workflows.
Nextcloud: the storage
A sovereign Google Drive. Store and share files locally.
Collabora: the office suite
Real-time collaborative editing. An alternative to Office 365.
BrainDup Engine: the glue
The integration layer: APIs, MCP, vector databases, graph database.
Cost comparison over three years
Cloud stack
€18,000
No residual asset, complete dependency, binding quotas.
BrainDup on premises
€8,400
Hardware you own, sovereign data, unlimited AI.
The BrainDup test: unplug the cable
Without BrainDup
No email, no files, no office suite, no AI, no CRM. Everything stops.
With BrainDup
Email, files, office suite, AI, workflows: everything keeps running.
Who BrainDup changes everything for
Law firms and regulated professions
Highly sensitive data. A confidential, local RAG.
Firms holding strategic data
Margins, contracts, research. Local AI with no data leaving.
Healthcare
Patient records, medical data. GDPR and professional secrecy.
IT companies and managed service providers
Deploy sovereign AI with your clients. From €80 to €175 an hour.
From desk to appliance
Sovereignty review
Free, 30 minutes. A score for your dependency.
Design
Technical architecture and quote.
Installation
Appliance, software and data migration.
Training
Training your team, plus three months of support.
Frequent questions
Is local AI as good as ChatGPT?
Open models come close. A hybrid setup is possible.
Is it too complicated for my team?
The interface works like ChatGPT. Two hours of training.
What if the appliance fails?
Manufacturer warranty plus AS3P support. Data on a local NAS.
Can I keep some cloud tools alongside?
Yes, migration can be gradual. A hybrid setup works.
Is this really viable for a smaller firm?
It is built for them. Around €4,500, less than a year of Microsoft 365.
Who handles maintenance?
AS3P or a certified partner. 15 to 20 % of the investment per year.
Concrete results
Strategic data inside your own building
Around €5,100 saved a year from year two
A predictable budget
No data going to US providers
Fully compliant with the GDPR and the AI Act
AI works without internet
No vendor dependency
Your team uses AI without friction
“Unplug the cable. Your AI keeps running.”
Jean-Marc André
Free sovereignty review
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