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How to Give Your App AI Without Putting API Keys on Every Server
Storing OpenAI or Anthropic API keys on customer machines is a security nightmare. Arcellite's token-metered AI proxy solves this — keys live on our cloud, your app sends a license token. Here's how it works under the hood.
Data Sovereignty in 2026: Why Founders Are Taking Back Control
From GDPR fines to AI training opt-outs, the cost of letting Big Tech handle your data is climbing. A new wave of founders is choosing infrastructure they own outright — and the tooling has finally caught up.
Inside Arcellite: How File Storage Works on Your Own Hardware
Most self-hosted storage tools were built for sysadmins, not product teams. We built Arcellite's file layer with a different philosophy — versioning, access control, and upload streaming that just works, without configuring S3 policies.
Replacing Notion + Google Drive with One Self-Hosted Stack
We surveyed 40 early-stage startups and found the same pattern: Notion for docs, Google Drive for files, Slack for chat, and a growing anxiety about data ownership. Here's how Arcellite collapses that stack into something you control.
Building Internal Workflows Without Paying Zapier $600/month
Zapier is great — until it isn't. At 10,000 tasks a month the bill hits hard, and your logic now lives in a SaaS you don't control. Arcellite's automation engine runs the same workflows on your server, for free.