What it studies
Local-first AI studies how privacy-sensitive, latency-sensitive, and context-sensitive systems can operate without assuming cloud-first routing for every decision.
Artifact or evidence produced
It produces architecture patterns for local inference, evidence routing, operator review, and constrained cloud handoff.
Research context
Local-First AI is documented as part of Celaya Solutions Research Lab's work on local-first AI systems, provenance-aware research instruments, industrial AI workflows, archival intelligence systems, multi-agent orchestration tools, and human-judgment-preserving AI architecture.