Free Field Guide
Own Your
Own Your
Data
AI is moving into everything, and most of it runs in the cloud, on someone else's servers. This guide shows you how to keep your private work off the cloud, and the hardware that lets you run AI on your own terms.
From Paola Villa, award-winning Economist and AI Systems Architect
The Field Guide · Paola Villa
Own Your
Data
Data
Keep your AI private. Run it on your own terms.
What's Inside
A plain-English guide to private, local AI, and the hardware behind it.
Cloud or local
The honest difference, side by side, and when each one is the right call.
The VRAM ladder
Why one machine costs 5x another, explained in one number, so the prices make sense.
What to buy, by budget
Real picks from a starter setup to a serious private-AI machine.