What Helm Is
Helm is a private, self-hosted AI assistant that runs entirely on your own infrastructure. No data sent to third-party servers. No API keys leaking your conversations to someone else's model. Your questions, your documents, your analysis — all stay under your roof. The conversational AI experience without the privacy trade-off.
What Helm Does
Conversational AI
A familiar chat interface for asking questions, drafting content, brainstorming ideas, and working through problems. Runs state-of-the-art models locally with no external API calls.
Document Analysis
Upload documents and ask questions about them. Summarize reports, extract key points from contracts, or analyze data — all processed locally. Sensitive documents never leave your environment.
Multi-Model Support
Run multiple AI models side by side. Use a fast, lightweight model for quick questions and a larger model for deep analysis. Switch models mid-conversation. Add new models as the ecosystem evolves.
Team Access
Shared access for your team with individual conversation histories. Everyone gets AI assistance without everyone needing their own infrastructure or API subscriptions.
Privacy by Architecture
This isn't "we promise not to read your data." This is "we can't read your data because it never leaves your server." The difference between a privacy policy and a privacy architecture.
How Helm Fits
Factory manages your community. Forge handles marketing intelligence. Helm provides the thinking layer — the AI capability your team can use for content creation, analysis, and decision support without compromising the privacy your members expect. When you need AI that answers to you and only you, Helm is where you go.
Pricing Alignment
Helm infrastructure costs scale with model size and usage. Entry-level plans include access to lightweight models suitable for everyday tasks. Higher tiers unlock larger models, more concurrent users, and priority processing for demanding workloads.
Built on Open Source
Helm is built on Ollama and Open WebUI — open source tools for running AI models locally. Self-hosted, transparent, and extensible.
Why "Helm"
The helm is where the ship is steered — the place of direction, control, and navigation. Helm is where your organization's intelligence is directed. It's also a nod to the helmsman, who holds the course steady even in rough seas. AI that stays on course, under your command, answering to your crew.
Your tools. Your choice.
The tools in our ecosystem are carefully selected — battle-tested, self-hosted, and proven at scale. But we're not rigid about it. We've transitioned platforms before when something better came along, and we'll do it again if the moment calls for it.
Already running something you're happy with? We'll work with it — proprietary, open source, or a mix. We integrate alongside existing systems, run parallel setups during transitions, and bridge platforms so nothing breaks while you decide. The goal is what works for your organization, not what's convenient for ours.