Generative artificial intelligence on-premise solutions provider Lemony, officially Uptime Industries Inc., today announced the launch of a new, on-premises AI solution designed to give organizations the power of large language models without the risks of cloud-based deployment.

The new product, described as “AI in a Box,” is a plug-and-play hardware node that allows businesses to run advanced generative AI workflows locally, securely and instantly. Each Lemony node can host a full AI stack, from foundation models to retrieval-augmented generation agents. The service is aimed at privacy-conscious sectors such as healthcare, legal, finance and government.

The system requires no specialized knowledge to set up or operate and supports up to five users per device, with stackable scalability for larger teams.

The core idea behind the “AI in a Box” offering is to eliminate the need for external cloud infrastructure, helping enterprises avoid common concerns around data sovereignty, compliance and shadow AI. According to the company, the system can activate and make searchable thousands of documents and files, unlocking previously dormant knowledge while maintaining strict internal security controls.

“We built Lemony to make enterprise AI simple, cost-effective and secure,” said co-founder and Chief Executive Sascha Buehrle. “Organizations shouldn’t have to choose between capability and control. Lemony delivers both, right out of the box.”

The product launch is supported by several strategic partnerships. IBM Corp. is collaborating with Lemony to provide enterprise-grade AI models, including its Granite model family, preloaded for secure local deployment. Software development tools provider JetBrains s.r.o. is also partnering with Lemony to integrate its AI-assisted coding models directly onto the hardware, allowing developers to work with full transparency and auditability.

The new offering also has the support of Charasoft Corp., a certified reseller and trusted provider to U.S. government agencies, who will sell Lemony’s AI nodes to its public sector and healthcare customers.

The nodes are manufactured in the U.S. and Europe and prior to today’s full launch, have already been adopted by customers across legal, health, distribution and financial services. The federated architecture offered by the nodes allows multiple teams within an organization to operate their own nodes or clusters while retaining tight control over what AI-generated insights can be shared across departments.

Lemony is venture capital-backed and has raised $2 million in seed capital from VC firm True Ventures LP.

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