Private AI No Subscription · Live · April 26

Build a Private AI Assistant With No Subscription — Own It Forever

A private AI assistant with no subscription means no monthly fees, no data sharing, and no dependency on any external service. This live workshop shows you how to build one from scratch — running on your own machine, connected to WhatsApp or Telegram, in 4 hours.

Sunday, April 26 9am to 1pm EDT

4 Hours Hands-on coding

Live Online Interactive

Workshop Details

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Date and Time

Sunday, April 26, 2026

9:00am to 1:00pm EDT

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Duration

4 Hours · Hands-on

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Format

Live Online · Interactive

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Includes

Certificate of Completion

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Privacy

100% Local · No Cloud Required

By Packt Publishing · Refunds up to 10 days before

About This No-Subscription AI Workshop

Why a Private AI Assistant With No Subscription Is Worth Building

Subscriptions create dependency. Your AI assistant should work regardless of whether a company changes its pricing, terms, or availability. Building your own private AI assistant with no subscription gives you permanent ownership and control.

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What is OpenClaw?

OpenClaw is the open-source personal AI assistant that went viral in early 2026 with 200K+ GitHub stars. It runs on your own devices and connects to WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and more. No subscription. No data leaving your machine.

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What is Docker Model Runner?

Docker Model Runner is Docker's native feature for running large language models locally on your machine. It gives you an OpenAI-compatible API that OpenClaw uses as its AI brain — complete data privacy, no cloud costs.

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Why Combine OpenClaw and Docker?

OpenClaw gives you the assistant interface and messaging integrations. Docker Model Runner gives you the AI brain running privately on your machine. Together they create a production grade private AI assistant you fully own.

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Why Attend as a Live Workshop?

Setting this up from scattered documentation takes days of debugging. This live workshop gives you a complete guided build in 4 hours with a live instructor answering your questions. Packt has delivered 108 workshops worldwide.

Workshop Curriculum

What You Will Build — A Private AI Assistant With No Subscription

Six modules. A fully private no-subscription AI assistant by the end.

How OpenClaw Works

Understand the Gateway, channels, and skills architecture. Set up and configure OpenClaw locally from scratch.

Docker Model Runner Setup

Run and manage local LLMs using Docker Model Runner. Pull models, configure memory, and understand the OpenAI-compatible API.

Security and Privacy

Configure DM pairing, allowlists, sandbox mode, and proper access controls for your local AI deployment.

Connect to WhatsApp or Telegram

Deploy your AI assistant to real messaging platforms without sending data to any third party cloud service.

Scalable Architecture

Design an extensible assistant architecture. Add skills, configure personality, and set up proactive automation.

Production Deployment

Deploy your OpenClaw and Docker setup to a VPS for always-on availability running 24 hours a day.

What You Walk Away With

By the End of This Workshop You Will Have

A private AI assistant with no subscription — running free forever.

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A fully functional local AI assistant running on your machine

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Docker Model Runner configured with your chosen LLM model

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OpenClaw connected to WhatsApp or Telegram

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Security and privacy configuration you can trust

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A reusable architecture for future AI assistant projects

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Certificate of completion from Packt Publishing

Your Instructor

Learn to Build a Subscription-Free Private AI Assistant

A Docker Captain with production experience building subscription-free AI systems.

Rami Krispin

Workshop Instructor · April 26, 2026

Rami is a Senior Manager of Data Science and Engineering, Docker Captain, and LinkedIn Learning Instructor with deep expertise in building and deploying production AI systems. He guides you step by step from a blank terminal to a fully deployed private AI assistant — answering your questions live throughout the 4-hour session.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions About Building a Private AI Assistant With No Subscription

Everything you need to know about owning your AI assistant without subscriptions.

What does a private AI assistant with no subscription actually cost to run? +

After this workshop your private AI assistant has zero ongoing subscription costs. OpenClaw is free, Docker Model Runner is free, and the open weight models are free. If you deploy to a VPS for always-on access you pay the VPS cost — typically $5 to $20 per month — but there is no AI subscription fee whatsoever.

Will my no-subscription AI assistant keep working if OpenClaw or Docker changes their pricing? +

OpenClaw is open source — even if the project changed direction, you would still have the version you installed. Docker Model Runner is built into Docker Desktop. You are not dependent on any subscription-based AI service that could change pricing or availability.

Can my private no-subscription AI assistant be updated to newer models? +

Yes. Updating to newer open weight models through Docker Model Runner is free and straightforward. As better models become available you can pull them and switch OpenClaw to use the newer model — at no additional cost.

How private is my AI assistant when it has no subscription? +

With no subscription your AI assistant runs entirely on hardware you control. There are no terms of service allowing conversation data to be used for training. No third party has access to your conversations. Your private AI assistant with no subscription is genuinely private in a way cloud AI services are not.

What happens to my private AI assistant if I cancel my VPS? +

If you cancel your VPS your assistant stops running in always-on mode, but everything is still installed and working on your local machine. You can continue using it locally or migrate to a different VPS. Nothing is locked into any subscription service.

Is this workshop the cheapest way to get a capable AI assistant? +

After the workshop fee, your AI assistant runs at effectively zero ongoing cost — far less than any commercial AI subscription. Over 12 months even a $5/month VPS for always-on access costs $60 — a fraction of $240/year for a commercial AI subscription with full capability and complete privacy.