Deployment · Privacy-First · Student-Facing

LocoPuente

Local AI for everyone who can't — or won't — send their data to the cloud. LocoPuente bridges the digital divide -- equitable, privacy-first AI access for every student, running on hardware the university owns.

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Student Services

Seven tools. Zero subscriptions. Zero data leaving campus.

A single on-campus server running locally hosted AI services, accessible to all students on the university network.

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AI Chat
Chat comparable to commercial tools, designed for critical thinking
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Voice
Speak and listen. Fully local speech-to-text and text-to-speech
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Research & Notes
Read, annotate, synthesise sources. Transform notes into podcasts
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Image Generation
Generate images for presentations, projects, and creative work
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API Access
OpenAI-compatible endpoints for students building their own tools
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Unit Assistants
AI embedded in Blackboard, tailored to specific unit content
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Rehearsal
Simulated organisations for practice before the stakes are real
The Deployment Layer

Five projects. Three layers. One bridge.

LocoPuente is where the entire LocoLabo research programme converges into something a student can use.

Experience
LocoEnsayo
Intelligence
LocoLLM LocoAgente
Infrastructure
LocoBench LocoConvoy
Proof of Concept

Running today. Two consumer GPUs.

The full stack is operational on hardware that costs less than a single semester of commercial AI subscriptions for a cohort of students.

MachineGPUVRAMRole
PulpoRTX 306012 GBPrimary LLM + image generation
PuenteRTX 2060 Super8 GBVoice (TTS/STT) + secondary LLM
ServiceToolGPU
LLM inference (primary)OllamaRTX 3060
LLM inference (secondary)OllamaRTX 2060 Super
Voice STT/TTSSpeaches + Whisper + KokoroRTX 2060 Super
Chat interfaceOpen WebUI--
Research & notesOpen Notebook AI--
Image generationComfyUIRTX 3060

All services expose OpenAI-compatible APIs. All run without internet access. All student data stays on the machine.

Part of LocoLab -- frontier AI on a budget.