Air-Gapped AI Editing. Zero Compliance Risk.
Corporate IT won't let you install ByteDance apps, and uploading unreleased internal products to cloud-based AI tools violates strict NDAs. Onset Engine is 100% air-gapped. Zero telemetry. Zero file uploads. State-of-the-art AI editing while maintaining absolute compliance with corporate data privacy.
The Compliance Reality
Your marketing team wants AI-powered video editing. Your IT security team says no. Here's why they're right:
- ✗ CapCut: Owned by ByteDance. Banned by federal agencies and multiple governments. Uploads all content to cloud servers
- ✗ Descript: Processes all media on shared cloud infrastructure. NDA-covered product footage leaves your network
- ✗ RunwayML: Every frame you process is uploaded to their servers. ToS grants broad usage rights over uploaded content
- ✗ Adobe Firefly: Cloud-first. Content analyzed by Adobe's AI models. Requires persistent internet connection
For defense contractors, internal comms teams, and NDA-bound agencies, any tool that touches the cloud is a non-starter.
What "Air-Gapped" Actually Means
Onset Engine makes one HTTPS call in its entire lifetime: license activation via Lemon Squeezy. After that, you can disconnect from the internet permanently. The application operates with zero network dependency:
- ✓ Zero Telemetry: No usage tracking. No analytics. No "anonymous data collection." The binary doesn't phone home
- ✓ Zero Cloud Processing: OpenCLIP ViT-L/14 AI inference runs on your local CUDA GPU — no frames leave your machine
- ✓ Zero External Dependencies: All AI models are bundled locally. No downloads post-install
- ✓ Zero Account Required: No cloud account, no login, no session tokens. License key activates the binary
- ✓ Local SQLite Database: All clip metadata, embeddings, and tags stored in a single portable file on your filesystem
Use Cases by Sector
🏛️ Government & Defense
Classified briefing videos, training material, and internal communications. Process sensitive footage on air-gapped networks. No data exfiltration risk.
🏢 Corporate Internal Comms
Unreleased product footage, executive presentations, and town hall recaps. IT-approved because nothing leaves the corporate network.
⚖️ Legal & Medical
HIPAA-sensitive medical training videos. Attorney-client privileged deposition footage. Evidence compilation for trial. Local processing eliminates chain-of-custody concerns.
🎮 Game Studios (Pre-Release)
Unreleased game trailers and internal playtests. Studio editors can generate beat-synced marketing material without risk of pre-release leak.
IT Procurement Checklist
For IT teams evaluating Onset Engine:
- ✓ Offline after activation: Single HTTPS call to Lemon Squeezy API at install. Zero network activity afterward
- ✓ No cloud account: No user accounts, no OAuth, no SSO integration required
- ✓ Portable install: Single directory, no system-wide registry changes, no admin privileges required for operation
- ✓ No auto-update: Updates are manual downloads. No background update agent
- ✓ Auditable dependencies: Python-based. All dependencies are open-source and inspectable
- ✓ Data sovereignty: All output files remain on the local filesystem. No staging, no temp uploads, no CDN
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