Open-source BI platform lets organizations run conversational analytics on their own infrastructure, addressing data security and privacy concerns around AI
HYDERABAD, India, October 20, 2026 – Helical Insight, the open-source business intelligence and embedded analytics platform, today announced support for locally hosted AI models, including models run through Ollama. Organizations can now use AI-assisted conversational analytics without sending prompts or query results to an external AI provider.
As companies add AI to their analytics, many have paused over a simple question: where does our data go? In a typical setup, a user’s question, database context and returned records are passed to a language model. When that model belongs to a third-party vendor, sensitive information leaves the company’s environment with no control of the proprietary data going out.
Open Source BI Helical Insight’s bring-your-own-LLM design removes that dependency. Teams can connect the AI module of Helical Insight to a model running on their own servers, a private cloud or a GPU machine in their data center. When the BI platform and the model are both deployed in-house, prompts, generated queries, context and results can remain inside the organization’s network.
What the update means for customers
- Local AI inference: Connect the analytics module to a self-hosted model through Ollama or another compatible endpoint.
- On-premises deployment: Helical Insight is an on-prem tool that can also run in cloud and hybrid environments, with support for Windows, Linux, Docker and Kubernetes.
- Access controls built in: Role-based access, row-level security, single sign-on and multi-tenancy help ensure users see only the data they are authorized to see.
- AI semantic layer: Business definitions, synonyms and custom KPIs defined at the semantic model layer help the AI interpret questions consistently.
- One platform: Interactive dashboards, pixel-perfect paginated reports and embedded analytics sit alongside conversational AI.
“Security and privacy are the first objections we hear when teams consider AI in BI,” said Nikhilesh Tiwari, Co-founder, Helical Insight. “Running the model locally gives customers a practical answer. They get the convenience of asking questions in plain English while keeping control of where their data is processed.”
Availability
Helical Insight’s Community Edition includes the full feature set, with source code available on GitHub. A paid Enterprise Edition is also offered. Installation guides are in the documentation, and a free download is available at helicalinsight.com/register.
About Helical Insight
Helical Insight is an open-source business intelligence and embedded analytics platform offering AI-assisted analytics, self-service dashboards, paginated reporting, workflows and APIs. It can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud or in hybrid environments and works with a wide range of relational, columnar and file-based data sources. Learn more at www.helicalinsight.com.
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