Free PDF guide · 2026
Local AI for businesses: the practical guide
Everything you need to bring a private artificial intelligence onto your company's computers: from hardware to models for Italian, from security to a checklist to get started.
What's inside the guide: how to choose the hardware (Mac or GPU server) based on the memory you need, which open models to use for Italian and under which licences, the installation steps with Ollama and Open WebUI, how to make it secure for your colleagues, how to connect it to company documents, and a 20-point checklist for the project.
It's the extended, printable version of our blog guides, updated September 2026.
The chapters
1. What a local AI is
How it works, what it can do in the office and where cloud models are still better.
2. Hardware
The memory rule, Mac or GPU server, how much room to leave for the context.
3. Models for Italian
Gemma 4, Qwen3.8, gpt-oss and the rest: sizes, licences and how to run the test.
4. Installation
Ollama and Open WebUI step by step, accounts, roles and groups.
5. Security and GDPR
What never to expose to the internet, VPNs, backups, usage rules and the AI Act.
6. Company documents
Connecting manuals and procedures with RAG, and why it sometimes gets things wrong.
7. Checklist
20 points to tick off before putting AI in your colleagues' hands.
8. Costs and next steps
The cost items and when it's worth getting help.
Who it's for
- Business owners and IT managers who want to understand costs, risks and timescales before deciding.
- In-house technicians who want to do a first trial installation.
- Professional firms and companies that work with confidential data and don't want to send it to external AI services.
If you'd prefer us to do the installation, Dabryx consultancy starts at €100 per hour: find out how we work.
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No. The first chapters explain choices and costs without jargon; the sections with commands are aimed at those who want to try it hands-on.
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