AI Sovereignty - Control Your Entire AI architecture (ft Max McCrea)
From Tool Use - AI Conversations by Mike Bird
February 24, 2026 · 1h 6m · Episode 80
About this episode
The episode discusses AI sovereignty and how businesses can maintain control over their data while utilizing AI technologies.
Join the Tool Use Discord: https://discord.gg/PnEGyXpjaX Are you putting your business at risk by relying on big AI companies? In this episode of the Tool Use podcast, we dive deep into Sovereign AI with Max McCrea, founder of Greyhaven. We explore how businesses can maintain control of their private data while still benefiting from AI. Max breaks down the importance of self-hosting and building architectures that abstract away the model provider so you can easily swap them out. We also discuss practical AI architecture decisions, the dangers of un-sandboxed AI agents, and how to set up software-defined sandbox environments to reduce the attack surface. Whether you are curious about running open source models or replacing proprietary tools, this episode provides a guide to taking back control of your systems. Guest Links: https://greyhaven.co https://maxmccrea.com https://github.com/GreyhavenHQ Connect with us https://x.com/ToolUsePodcast https://x.com/MikeBirdTech 00:00:00 - Intro 00:12:17 - AI Context Management & Personal Data Indexing 00:20:40 - Open Source Replacements vs Proprietary SaaS Tools 00:29:14 - Corporate AI Data Harvesting & Vendor Lock-in 00:49:18 - LLM…
People in this episode
Host: Mike Bird
Guest: Max McCrea
Topics covered
- AI Sovereignty
- Data Control
- Self-Hosting
- AI Architecture
- Open Source Models
- Vendor Lock-in
Keywords
- AI architecture
- self-hosting
- data sovereignty
- open source AI
- vendor lock-in
- AI agents
- sandbox environments
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Greyhaven, Tool Use
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