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Athlas BlackBox

AI you can use on the things that actually matter.

Most organisations use AI on everything except the important work. Source code, contracts, budgets and strategic decision material are deliberately kept away from AI, because they can't leave the organisation's control.

Athlas builds the private AI infrastructure that solves it. Hardware, software and models. All inside your walls, owned by you.

Full Data Sovereignty
EU AI Act Compliant
Open Models Only
Sovereign AI

AI that you actually own

Most of what's sold as 'private AI' is, in practice, an API key into a US model vendor. Athlas builds real, private AI infrastructure that runs under your roof. The hardware, the models, the software. No third party in the chain. No data leaving your environment. The AI moves to the data, not the other way around.

01

Full Ownership

Your models, your hardware, your data. No third-party inference calls. Complete control from day one.

02

Compliance Built-in

EU AI Act ready. GDPR compliant. Full data isolation. Audit-friendly architecture.

03

Senior & Fast

Small team of senior engineers. Direct founder contact. Delivered in weeks, not quarters.

The Software Layer

Blackbox is the hardware. Kairos is the software.

Our software suite Kairos runs on top of the Blackbox infrastructure. It starts as a controlled chat and grows with you into a complete AI layer for the business.

Featured product

Kairos Chat

A modern chat experience in an environment you control entirely. Your employees can use AI for the real work (contracts, cases, internal processes) without data leaving the organisation.

Kairos Chat
On-prem · Encrypted
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Running on your Athlas BlackBox · Air-gapped
Deployments

Athlas BlackBox, on your side of the gateway

We specify, build and deliver the hardware according to your size, your needs and your use cases. You own the machine from day one. No recurring cloud costs. No external party that can change the terms.

Athlas BlackBox™

Plug-and-play local LLM server. Custom-built hardware running open-weight models 100% on-premise. Air-gapped if you need it.

Pros

  • Complete data sovereignty, nothing leaves your building
  • Zero recurring cloud fees after purchase
  • Air-gapped deployment available
  • Lowest latency, dedicated GPU performance

Considerations

  • Higher upfront investment
  • Fixed hardware capacity
  • Requires physical space on-site
Higher upfront, lowest long-term costSee specs & book demo
Use Cases

Built for industries that can't afford to leak data

01

Certification & Compliance

AI assistants that process audit documents, certifications, and sensitive assessments without ever leaving your network.

02

Legal & Finance

Contract analysis, due diligence, and regulatory Q&A, running on models you own, air-gapped if required.

03

Healthcare & Medtech

Patient data stays local. AI-powered decision support that meets the strictest regulatory requirements.

04

Public Sector

Sovereign AI for municipal and government use. Full data isolation guaranteed. No foreign cloud dependency.

05

Development & Engineering

Source code, architecture and intellectual property are too valuable to share with external AI services. With Blackbox, code assistance and technical AI run directly in the development environment, under your control.

06

Leadership & Strategy

Budgets, plans and sensitive decision material are often exactly the kind of work where AI support would add the most value, but where public services aren't an option. Blackbox makes it possible to use AI at that level.

Our own tech

The same infrastructure we build on ourselves

Gnomon and MIDMAN.ai are our own products, built and operated on the exact infrastructure we deliver to our customers.

Why Athlas

The Nordic private AI specialists

A small, senior team based in Linköping. We build AI that customers fully own, without hyperscaler dependency, without unnecessary bureaucracy, and without projects getting stuck in consultant chains. Direct contact with the founders throughout delivery.

  • Senior engineers only, every project is founder-led
  • Vertically integrated: hardware, software and models from the same team
  • Cheaper and more personal than enterprise AI factories
  • Open-weight models. No vendor lock-in, ever

Data sovereignty

100%

Data stays within your walls

0

Bytes sent to US hyperscalers

4–8 wks

From order to deployed AI layer

Ready to own your AI?

Book 15 minutes. We'll show a live BlackBox demo, walk through your situation, and give you a straight answer on whether Athlas is the right partner for you.

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