AI Consulting · San Francisco · Remote Worldwide
Most AI advice is sold by people with something to sell you. Noxy starts from what you already have: your hardware, your workflow, your budget. Sometimes the answer is a local model on the machine on your desk. Sometimes it's a $20 subscription. Sometimes it's that the tool you were sold does not do what you were told it does.
$150/hr, onsite or remote. Larger engagements bid as projects after a scope call.
The consultation call is free. Prefer to skip the form? Text or call and someone will pick up or ring you back.
What it covers
No strategy decks. The work is hands-on: getting something running, showing you how to drive it, and being honest about what it will and won't do.
Running open models on the machine you already own, so your documents never leave the house. Noxy will tell you honestly whether your hardware can handle it before you spend anything.
There are a hundred AI subscriptions and most people need one or none. Sorting out which ones actually save you time, and cancelling the rest.
A straight explanation of where your data goes with each option, and how to keep sensitive material out of somebody else's training set.
Scripts and small tools for the repetitive work in your day: file sorting, transcription, drafting, data cleanup. Built to your workflow.
One-on-one sessions on getting useful output instead of confident nonsense. Aimed at people who want to work with these tools, not just read about them.
Someone pitched you an AI product or a hardware upgrade to run one. Bring it to Noxy first and get an unsentimental read on whether it's worth the money.
The hardware question
Everyone running AI locally wants more memory and more storage. The problem is what those parts now cost. AI datacenter demand has hit the consumer memory market hard.
Which changes the math on replacing a machine. The computer on your desk was bought when RAM and SSDs were cheap. Replacing it today means paying 2026 prices for memory that cost a fraction of that two years ago.
So the first question Noxy asks is what your current hardware can already do. Often a smaller model, a lighter setup, or a targeted upgrade gets you where you want to go for a fraction of a new machine. If the honest answer is that you do need new hardware, you'll get that answer too, along with what to buy and when to wait.
Noxy's default is repair and upgrade over replacement. That was true before memory prices spiked. It is considerably more true now.
See repair and support servicesHow it works
Hourly work is $150/hr. Anything bigger gets bid as a project, and the bid comes after a conversation rather than before one.
Text, call, or a short remote session. What the goal is, what machine you're on, what you've already tried.
What is realistic on your hardware, what it would take, and whether the whole thing is worth doing. This is where you find out if the answer is "you don't need this."
Hourly for small work, a fixed project bid for larger jobs. Agreed before anything starts.
Set up, working, and explained in plain English, so you can run it without calling every week. Ongoing support available if you'd rather not.
Where Noxy stands
Drafting and editing text. Summarizing long documents. Transcription. Writing small scripts. Sorting and tagging piles of files. Answering questions about material you feed it.
Being right about facts without checking. Anything where a confident wrong answer costs you real money. Replacing a person who knows your business. Running well on hardware that cannot hold the model.
Jacob has been programming since 1995 and running Linux since 2000. The interest in running these tools locally, on hardware you control, comes from the same place as the Linux advocacy: there is rarely a good reason to hand over control and pay more for the privilege.
Describe what you're trying to do and you'll get a straight answer on whether it's worth doing, and what it costs.
415.916.2599Text or call · San Francisco, the Peninsula & Oakland onsite · Remote worldwide