Private AI for Business

Local AI / Ollama

Ollama runs models. It does not run your business workflow.

Ollama is a convenient way to run local models, but a business deployment also needs source-grounded retrieval, access controls, review rules, backup, monitoring, and a support route. We handle the parts that make it usable by a team, not just by a developer.

Model runnerDocument retrievalAccess controlsHandover
A neutral example of the same workflow pattern, run on supplied synthetic material.

Pattern demonstration / same workflow, synthetic material

Fixed-scope setupClient-owned accountsDraft-and-review firstFull handover

What Ollama solves and what it does not

The runner is the easy part.

The hard part is connecting the model to the documents the team trusts, restricting who can see what, and making failures visible.

01 / RUN

Pick the model

Confirm the variant, size, hardware, and quality for the workflow.

02 / CONNECT

Add the corpus

Retrieval, citations, metadata, and refresh rules turn the model into an assistant.

03 / OPERATE

Make it supportable

Access, logging, backup, updates, and a named owner are part of the handover.

The Ollama boundary

Local execution is a control, not a compliance claim.

DATA

The path is still documented

Sources, model files, hosting, access, and logs are written down.

QUALITY

Local is not automatic quality

The model is tested against the team's real questions and documents.

SUPPORT

Someone owns the runtime

Updates, backups, incidents, and model changes need a named owner.

A first Ollama deployment

Start with one document set and one question.

Scope the workflow

Pick the output, users, document set, and latency requirement.

Select the model

Confirm the current variant, licence, hardware, and quality.

Build the assistant

Connect retrieval, permissions, citations, and review rules.

Operate and hand over

Deliver training, a runbook, backups, and the support route.

Ollama can be part of a private AI system. It is not the system by itself.

Why trust Pristine3D?

We build and operate production software.

Pristine3D Ltd builds and operates live digital products, and we run private AI workflows internally as part of our own operations. We scope around your real workflow: the documents you own, the questions your team asks, and the access boundary you approve. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, we work remotely with clients worldwide.

METHOD

We start with the actual workflow

One input, one output, one test set, and one person who owns the result. We scope a real workflow instead of a transformation programme.

OWNERSHIP

The boundary stays visible

Cloud, model, storage, and messaging accounts stay in your name. The chosen data path, access rules, test record, documentation, and training are part of the agreed scope.

Pricing / fixed scope

Know the starting numbers before you ask.

The final quote follows the workflow. Infrastructure and model bills stay on your accounts.

Annual support

Starting from
$3,000 / ₦1.5m
per year

Standard care for one delivered workflow. Optional. Larger deployments and active monitoring are separately scoped.

See support

Architecture review from $500. Standard annual support is $3,000 / ₦1.5m per year for one delivered workflow. New workflows, integrations, active monitoring, and infrastructure are separately scoped; infrastructure, model, storage, and messaging bills stay on client accounts. Full pricing and what changes the quote

Straight answers

Common questions.

Do we need Ollama for private AI?

No. Ollama is one model runner among several. We choose the route that fits the workflow and the team.

Can Ollama search our documents?

Ollama runs models. Document retrieval and citations come from the surrounding setup, which we build around the corpus.

Who supports it after handover?

Your team gets a runbook, and annual support can cover monitoring, updates, and normal care.

Own your knowledge base

The model is not the product. The knowledge base is.

Documents, the retrieval index, access rules, and the workflows built around them are the asset, and they compound. We deploy so the knowledge base stays yours: on your accounts, in the environment you choose, under access rules your team defines. The model behind the answers is a connector, so the knowledge base moves with you, not with a vendor.

THE ASSET

Your corpus, your index

The document store, metadata, and retrieval setup live on accounts you own. No vendor holds the corpus.

THE LOCK-IN

Models are swappable parts

Change the model provider, move regions, or go local without rebuilding the knowledge base or the workflow.

THE ALPHA

The knowledge base is the alpha

Every improvement to the corpus improves the answers, and the improvement stays with you, not with a vendor.

Keep exploring

Related setups.

Start with the outcome

What should the local assistant do for your team?

Tell us the task, document set, users, and hardware. We will tell you whether an Ollama-based deployment is the right route.

Prefer email? Message us at hey@pristine3d.com.