Private AI Appliance for Law Firms
Legal work is privileged by definition, which makes public AI APIs a poor fit. A private appliance runs a DocMatch-style evidence and document agent entirely inside the firm — search case files, link evidence with citations, and keep everything confidential.
Why on-prem for legal
Privileged material can't leave the firm. An on-prem appliance keeps documents, the vector index and the model all in-house, satisfying confidentiality and client expectations.
Sizing it
Retrieval over large document sets plus a capable model wants ~24–48GB of AI memory. A 48GB pro-GPU box or a high-memory machine handles a firm's matters with citations.
From search to workflow
Beyond search, the AI Business OS adds confirmations, audit logs and role-based access — essential for accuracy-sensitive legal work.
Featured chips
Recommended models
- 1DeepSeek-R1 671B (MoE)DeepSeek · ~671B · 128K ctx · MIT
The full DeepSeek-R1, included to anchor the top of the reasoning tier. Only the distilled variants are realistic for single-box local deployment. Figures are placeholders.
Minimum: Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServerRecommended: Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServer - 2Llama 3.1 405BLlama · ~405B · 128K ctx · Llama Community License
Frontier-scale open weights, listed to anchor the high end. Plan for a server cluster or rented cloud GPUs.
Minimum: Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServerRecommended: Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServer - 3Qwen3 235B-A22B (MoE)Qwen · ~235B · 128K ctx · Apache-2.0
A frontier-class open MoE. Memory is bounded by total params; throughput benefits from sparse activation. Figures are placeholders — verify before planning hardware.
Minimum: NVIDIA B200 (placeholder)Recommended: NVIDIA B200 (placeholder) - 4Qwen2.5 72BQwen · ~72B · 128K ctx · Qwen License
A top-tier open model for coding and reasoning; a strong backbone for a private Business Command Center.
Minimum: Apple Mac mini (M4 Pro)Recommended: NVIDIA B200 (placeholder) - 5Llama 3.1 70BLlama · ~70B · 128K ctx · Llama Community License
The previous-generation flagship; still excellent. Prefer Llama 3.3 70B where available for similar footprint and better instruction following.
Minimum: NVIDIA RTX A6000Recommended: NVIDIA B200 (placeholder)
Recommended hardware
- 87/100NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellNVIDIA · Professional GPUs
- 87/100HP Z8 Fury G5 WorkstationHP · AI Workstations
- 87/100Lenovo ThinkStation PX WorkstationLenovo · AI Workstations
- 87/100Supermicro AI WorkstationSupermicro · AI Workstations
- 75/100Quad RTX 4090 AI Workstation (reference profile)Reference · AI Workstations
- 74/100Dell Precision 7960 AI WorkstationDell · AI Workstations
Frequently asked questions
Can AI search legal evidence privately?+
Yes. A private RAG appliance indexes case files and answers with cited passages, with no document content leaving the firm's hardware.
What hardware does a law firm AI box need?+
Plan for 24–48GB of AI memory for retrieval over large document sets plus a capable model. A 48GB pro-GPU workstation is a strong fit.