Trans-N K.K. (CEO: Na Ogawa; hereafter “Trans-N”), which plans and develops generative AI products, today began taking orders for two new on-premises AI servers for organizations of 1–5 people—the “N-Cube Mini Base” and “N-Cube Mini”—as small-team models of the integrated hardware AI platform “N-Cube.”

Inheriting the “learning digital employee” concept established by the flagship “N-Cube” announced in April, both models come standard with the local LLM platform “Swama,” optimized for Mac OS, and practical “N-Cube” apps. They deliver a price point and form factor that make it easy for small organizations to adopt local LLMs.

Overview of N-Cube Mini and N-Cube Mini Base

Key Features

1. Swama preinstalled — a local LLM platform optimized for Mac OS
Rebuilt from scratch on the Apple-native stack (Swift × MLX), achieving roughly 1.5–2.0× faster inference than Ollama. Integrates seamlessly with external workflows via CLI/API.

2.Practical “N-Cube” apps included out of the box
The “N-Cube Mini” model comes with the AI meeting assistant N-Note, generative-AI chatbot N-Chat, real-time & long-form translation N-Translate, and image-search database N-NAS preloaded—so you can feel “AI-native” from day one.

3.Large-scale image search database “N-NAS” preinstalled
A new application that automatically tags the vast image files stored on your existing NAS and enables instant natural-language search is preinstalled on both models.

4.Fully on-premises to achieve “zero data leakage”
All generative-AI processing and image search run entirely within your internal LAN—designed so that no confidential data is sent to the cloud.

5.Compact yet highly expandable
Storage: Base 256 GB / Mini 512 GB (both expandable). In the future, additional apps and the latest LLMs will be delivered via a marketplace.

Primary Use Cases

• Executives & CXOs: Use as a PC replacement to instantly search and summarize internal/external meeting minutes and contracts
• Small professional practices (law, accounting, etc.): Leverage AI without exposing sensitive client data externally
• Factories, warehouses, and other offline environments: Support operations with generative AI even without internet access

Product Lineup and Pricing

All models are available with monthly lease and trial plans. For details, please contact Trans-N.

Looking Ahead

Through the launch of the Mini series, Trans-N will advance practical adoption of local LLMs and image-search AI for small organizations, accelerating the transition to AI-native organizations. We will continue collaborating with the Swama OSS community to keep pace with the latest LLMs and to roll out enterprise features (such as audit logs and centralized management tools) in sequence.