An offline-capable, battery-powered AI device for privacy-first environments.
The Private AI Appliance delivers local AI capabilities without cloud dependency. All processing happens on-device, ensuring complete data privacy. The system runs on Raspberry Pi CM5 hardware and supports both portable and stationary use cases.
For: Individual users needing portable AI assistance
Capabilities:
- Conversational AI (text chat)
- Voice input/output (speech-to-text, text-to-speech)
- Image understanding and analysis
- OCR - Extract text from photos and documents (NEW)
- Code generation and assistance
Use Cases:
- Privacy-conscious consumers (complete offline operation)
- Safety & rescue operations (disaster zones without infrastructure)
- Remote/off-grid work (100% offline functionality)
- Education/exam settings (no internet = no cheating)
- Tourism (multilingual travel companion)
- Photo text extraction (signs, menus, documents)
For: Power users and professionals needing document intelligence
Capabilities:
- Everything in Basic tier, plus:
- Advanced OCR (tables, formulas, charts, batch processing)
- RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) - Chat with your documents
- Document analysis and semantic search
- 24/7 agent scheduling
- Higher quality AI model (9B vs 4B parameters)
Use Cases:
- Legal professionals (document analysis in constrained networks)
- Healthcare workers (secure patient data handling)
- Researchers (document corpus analysis)
- Business professionals (intelligent document processing)
- Writers and analysts (research synthesis)
For: Organizations needing compliance and scale
Capabilities:
- Everything in Premium tier, plus:
- Audit logging and compliance reporting
- User management and RBAC
- Device clustering (federated search)
- Seal recognition (document authentication)
- Enterprise SLA and support
Use Cases:
- Enterprise secure AI deployment
- Compliance-regulated industries (HIPAA, GDPR)
- Multi-user team environments
- High-security government use
| Tier | Hardware | Primary Model | OCR Model | RAM | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Raspberry Pi CM5 8GB | Qwen 3.5 4B (2.9GB) | PaddleOCR-VL-1.5 (1.2GB) | 8GB | 64GB eMMC |
| Premium | Raspberry Pi CM5 16GB + NVMe | Qwen 3.5 9B (5.8GB) | PaddleOCR-VL-1.5 (1.2GB) | 16GB | 128GB NVMe |
| Enterprise | CM5 Cluster / Custom | Qwen 3.5 9B/27B | PaddleOCR-VL-1.5 | 16GB+ | 256GB+ NVMe |
Qwen 3.5 4B (Basic)
- 4 billion parameters, Q4_K_M quantization
- Native vision capabilities (multimodal)
- 201 languages supported
- ~18-22 tokens/second on Pi 5
- Apache 2.0 license
Qwen 3.5 9B (Premium/Enterprise)
- 9 billion parameters, Q4_K_M quantization
- Superior vision quality (70.1% MMMU-Pro)
- Enhanced reasoning and coding capabilities
- ~10-14 tokens/second on Pi 5
PaddleOCR-VL-1.5 (All Tiers)
- 0.9 billion parameters, GGUF format for llama.cpp
- 94.5% accuracy on OmniDocBench v1.5 (SOTA)
- 20+ languages (English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, German, Spanish, French, etc.)
- Supports: text, tables, formulas, charts, handwriting
| Tier | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $249 | CM5 8GB, carrier board, case, antenna |
| Premium | $649 | CM5 16GB, NVMe carrier, active cooling, case |
| Enterprise | $1,049 | Dual CM5 cluster, 512GB NVMe, rack mount |
| Tier | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $449 | Fully assembled, tested, 1-year warranty |
| Premium | $949 | Fully assembled, NVMe installed, premium cooling |
| Enterprise | $1,549 | Cluster setup, configured, enterprise support |
- All tiers: One-time purchase, no subscription fees
- Enterprise: Optional support contracts available
- No cloud costs: Everything runs locally, forever
- Offline-First: Works 100% without internet
- Privacy-First: No data leaves the device
- Battery-Powered: 4-8 hours continuous use
- WiFi Access Point: Connect any device via
PrivateAI-XXXX - Open Source: Core software under Apache 2.0
- Expandable: Add custom models via USB/NVMe
# Connect to device WiFi
# Open browser to 192.168.4.1
# Download models (one-time)
# Start chatting - completely offline- Requirements Specification
- Technical Research
- Basic Tier Architecture
- Premium Architecture
- Risk Assessment
- Quality Assurance
- AI NAS Market Need Confirmation (SMB + Consumer Private Cloud)
Last updated: April 2026