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Air‑Gapped Agentic AI: Keeping Your Data 100% Inside the Perimeter

Topic

AI

Industry

Technology

AI can’t help if it can’t be trusted. For teams handling sensitive data—finance, healthcare, government, IP‑heavy sectors—the safest deployment is one that never lets information leave the building. That’s why Wellesley Cove Group built a fully air‑gapped AI architecture: all processing happens on hardware you control, with zero outbound connections.


What “Air‑Gapped” Really Means

  • No external network paths – the AI stack lives on a server or laptop disconnected from the public internet

  • Self‑contained model & vector store – weights, embeddings, and indexes sit on local storage only

  • Local orchestration – all agent logic, RAG pipelines, and APIs run in the same secure enclave


How Our Architecture Works


  1. Bare‑metal or VM install – minimal Linux/Windows/MacOS image with hardened settings

  2. Local model hub – Llama‑3, Gemma, or Mistral checkpoints loaded from disk

  3. Embedded vector DB – SQLite or DuckDB + FAISS/PGVector for retrieval

  4. Isolated inference service – Rust or Go binary exposes a REST endpoint on a loopback address

  5. Optional updates – new models and patches sideloaded via signed packages

No calls to OpenAI, Azure, or any SaaS—ever.


Key Benefits


  • Absolute data sovereignty – nothing leaves your facility; ideal for compliance-heavy environments

  • Predictable cost – No per-token or monthly subscription costs

  • Ultra‑low latency – sub‑50 ms responses; perfect for real‑time assistants

  • Audit‑ready – full logging stays on box, simplifying SOC‑2 and FedRAMP controls

  • Resilient – continues working in disconnected or degraded‑network scenarios


Real‑World Scenarios

  • Government analysts reviewing classified policy drafts and conducting red-team exercises on secure, air-gapped machines

  • Incident‑response teams drafting reports inside a secure SOC

  • Clinical researchers summarizing trial data on an isolated lab network

  • Field technicians querying manuals from a ruggedized laptop in remote areas


Getting Started

We offer a 30‑day pilot - contact us at request@wellesleycove.com to schedule a demo.

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