Self-Hosting AI Consulting for Privacy-First, Self-Sufficient Teams

Expert confidential guidance in self-hosting AI, data protection, and R&D strategy. Build independent, privacy-first AI capabilities with agentic systems, self-hosted infrastructure, and responsible AI practices.

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� Self-Hosting AI 🔒 Privacy & Data Protection �🎯 R&D Strategy 📄 Grant Review 🎓 Team Workshops

Consulting Services

Professional guidance from initial strategy through implementation and follow-up

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R&D AI Strategy

Develop efficient self-hosting AI setups with Hugging Face models. Achieve full data protection and privacy compliance while optimizing team resources and avoiding high cloud costs.

What's Included:

  • Pre-consultation: Strategic assessment form for tailored preparation
  • Consultation: Deep dive into agentic architectures, model selection, and resource optimization
  • Follow-up: Comprehensive report with actionable recommendations and reference materials

Focus Areas:

Self-hosting AI deployment, Hugging Face models, privacy-preserving infrastructure, data protection compliance, agentic AI setup, workflow automation

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AI Paper/Grant Pre Peer-Review

Expert assessment of your AI research papers or grant proposals to identify analysis strengths and suggest improvements before official submission.

What's Included:

  • Pre-consultation: Document submission and specific feedback request form
  • Review session: Detailed critique of methodology, analysis, and presentation
  • Follow-up: Written recommendations with tracked changes and improvement priorities

Review Areas:

Technical accuracy, methodology rigor, statistical analysis, reproducibility, presentation clarity, compliance alignment

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Professional team workshop session

Full-Day Team Workshops

In-person, hybrid, or online intensive training sessions for deep-dive upskilling in responsible and compliant AI usage to dramatically improve team productivity.

What's Included:

  • Pre-workshop: Team assessment and customized curriculum design form
  • Workshop day: 8 hours of hands-on training with practical exercises and real-world scenarios
  • Follow-up: Complete workshop materials, recorded sessions (if applicable), and 30-day support reference

Workshop Topics:

Prompt engineering, MLOps pipelines, compliance (GDPR/AI Act), responsible AI practices, model fine-tuning, agentic workflows

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One-on-one discovery consultation

Discovery Call

Not sure which service fits your needs? Schedule a 30-minute consultation to explore your challenges, discuss potential solutions, and determine if Self Reliant Labs is the right partner for your AI journey.

What We'll Discuss:

Your current AI/ML setup, pain points with cloud costs or compliance, team capabilities, and which service offering would provide the most value for your specific situation.

What You Get:

  • Honest assessment of your needs
  • Service recommendation (if suitable)
  • Preliminary guidance on next steps
  • No obligation or pressure
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Real-World Impact

See how organizations leverage our self-hosting AI expertise to save costs, protect data privacy, and maintain full data sovereignty

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R&D AI Strategy

€180K Annual Savings Through Self-Hosting AI with Full Data Protection

The Challenge

A European analytics company was spending €25K/month on AWS compute for data analysis and €15K/month on OpenAI API credits. Their R&D team needed to experiment with multiple models, but cloud costs were limiting innovation.

Our Solution

After our R&D AI Strategy consultation, we designed an agentic workflow using open-source Hugging Face models on their existing on-premise infrastructure. We optimized their pipeline to use Llama 3, Mistral, and specialized domain models.

Results

  • €180K saved annually by eliminating cloud API costs
  • 3x faster experimentation with no usage limits
  • 100% data privacy - sensitive data never leaves infrastructure
  • ROI achieved in first 2 months
90-min consultation 2-week implementation Ongoing savings
Research paper review and analysis
Pre Peer-Review

€2M Grant Secured After Analysis Improvements

The Challenge

A university research group's Horizon Europe proposal used traditional machine learning methods. Initial internal review flagged concerns about methodology being outdated compared to current state-of-the-art approaches and lacking explainability.

Our Solution

During our Pre Peer-Review session, we identified opportunities to upgrade their analysis to modern neural network architectures with integrated explainability methods (SHAP, attention visualization). We provided specific technical recommendations and relevant citations.

Results

  • €2M grant awarded on first submission
  • Methodology upgraded from random forest to transformers
  • Explainability integrated addressing reviewer concerns
  • 2 subsequent papers published using improved methods
60-min review 1-week revision Successful submission
Team workshop and training session
Team Workshop

40% Productivity Gain + €120K Saved with Privacy AI

The Challenge

A 25-person fintech development team was heavily reliant on ChatGPT Enterprise (€60K/year) and Claude API (€60K/year). Security team raised GDPR concerns about sensitive financial data being processed by third-party APIs. Team lacked skills to self-host alternatives.

Our Solution

We delivered a Full-Day Workshop training the team on self-hosting AI with local LLM deployment, data protection-compliant agentic workflows, and privacy AI practices. Hands-on exercises covered Ollama setup, RAG implementation, and fine-tuning for their domain.

Results

  • €120K/year saved eliminating external API costs
  • 40% productivity increase with unlimited internal AI usage
  • GDPR compliance achieved - data never leaves infrastructure
  • Team confidence in AI tool deployment and management
Full-day workshop 30-day support Sustained results

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Our 3-Step Consultation Process

A structured approach ensuring maximum value and actionable outcomes

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Pre-Consultation Preparation

Upon booking, you'll receive a tailored preparation form linked in your Calendly confirmation. This allows us to understand your specific challenges, goals, and context, ensuring our time together is highly focused and productive.

📋 Custom questionnaire 🎯 Challenge identification 📊 Current state assessment
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Consultation Session

Your requested meeting type—whether R&D strategy session, grant review, or full-day workshop. We dive deep into your specific needs with expert guidance, practical recommendations, and interactive problem-solving.

💬 Expert consultation 🔧 Hands-on guidance ✅ Actionable insights
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Follow-Up Reporting

Within 72 hours, you'll receive a comprehensive reference document summarizing key insights, recommended actions, relevant resources, and next steps. This becomes your roadmap for implementation and ongoing reference.

📝 Detailed report 🗺️ Implementation roadmap 📚 Resource library

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Select the service that matches your needs and schedule directly via Calendly

€450 + travel if in-person
AI strategy consultation

R&D AI Strategy

90 minutes

Agentic setup, Hugging Face models, efficient team resources, cloud cost optimization

1️⃣ Prep Form 2️⃣ Strategy Session 3️⃣ Report
€250
Document review and analysis

AI Paper/Grant Pre Peer-Review

90 minutes

Expert assessment of analysis strengths with improvement suggestions for higher success rates

1️⃣ Submit Document 2️⃣ Review Session 3️⃣ Feedback Report
€2500 + travel if in-person
Team training workshop

Full-Day Team Workshop

8 hours (In-person/Hybrid/Online)

Deep dive upskilling in responsible and compliant AI usage to improve team productivity

1️⃣ Team Assessment 2️⃣ Workshop Day 3️⃣ Materials & Support
€30
Friendly consultation call

Discovery Call

30 minutes

Not sure where to start? Let's have an informal conversation about your challenges and goals. We'll help you understand if and how Self Reliant Labs can help, with zero pressure.

📋 Quick intro form 💬 Casual conversation 🎯 Clear next steps

Note: All bookings include a preparation form (sent via Calendly), the consultation/workshop session, and comprehensive follow-up reporting for your reference. Calendar invites will contain links to the preparation forms.

Payment & Terms: Payment is collected at the time of booking via Calendly (powered by Stripe). By completing a booking, you agree to our Terms & Conditions, Cancellation Policy, and Privacy Policy.

Domain Expertise

Deep technical knowledge across AI, ML, and healthcare technology

Natural language processing and text analysis

Natural Language Processing

Advanced NLP architectures including transformers, LLMs, RAG systems, and fine-tuning for domain-specific applications.

Computer vision and audio AI processing

Vision and Audio AI

Multimodal models for image analysis, video processing, speech recognition, and audio synthesis with state-of-the-art architectures.

Data privacy and synthetic data generation

Data Protection & Privacy AI

Privacy AI solutions, data protection-compliant ML, synthetic data generation, federated learning, and GDPR-compliant self-hosting AI pipelines for sensitive domains.

MLOps infrastructure and deployment

Self-Hosting AI & MLOps Infrastructure

Self-hosting AI pipelines, production ML deployment, monitoring, private on-premise infrastructure, and cost-optimized compute strategies for full data sovereignty.

Agentic AI systems and autonomous workflows

Agentic and Multimodal AI

Autonomous AI agents, tool-using systems, multi-agent orchestration, and cross-modal reasoning for complex workflows.

Healthcare and high-security industry AI

High Security & Data Protection Industries

Privacy AI for healthcare, finance, defense, and regulated sectors with strict data protection compliance, audit trails, and data sovereignty requirements.

About Self Reliant Labs

Professional AI consulting by Senason

Self Reliant Labs is the consulting practice of Sean Benson. We specialize in self-hosting AI, privacy-first AI solutions, and data protection-compliant systems — making advanced AI/ML accessible and practical for research teams and organizations.

With a background spanning particle physics research at CERN's LHCb experiment to building healthcare AI research infrastructure and regulated AI applications as part of KPMG Advisory, our approach combines rigorous scientific methodology with practical engineering experience.

As founder of startups and research groups, I bring hands-on experience in regulated AI applications, compliance requirements, and production deployment challenges.

Research Background: Particle physics (LHCb/CERN), medical imaging AI, digital twins, synthetic data generation
Teaching Experience: DataCamp course creator, Udacity lecturer, corporate workshop facilitator
Technical Stack: PyTorch, HuggingFace Transformers, LangChain, vLLM, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure
Specializations: Self-hosting AI, privacy AI, data protection compliance, agentic AI systems, privacy-preserving ML, responsible AI practices
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Sean Benson - AI Consultant and Founder of Self Reliant Labs
10+
Years in ML/AI
50+
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3
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Technology & Frameworks

PyTorch HuggingFace LangChain vLLM Ollama FastAPI Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP Azure LlamaIndex AutoGPT CrewAI