About RecursionAI

RecursionAI is a team of local AI infrastructure experts. We set up compliant, performant, and affordable AI for businesses — infrastructure, integrations, tools, and automations with predictable costs that can be 100% private.

We were founded by Jackson Oaks and Ryker Ross. Our research focuses on small, specialized models that hit frontier performance on consumer hardware — the opposite of the industry race to ever-larger generalists. That research powers Courier OS, the operating system for local AI — our own software suite built to make local AI production-ready. Every client engagement runs on Courier OS: the web dashboard, inference stack, agent tools, and whatever the project needs.

For businesses, we deploy private compute, build integrations and employee tools, and ship automations that run on infrastructure you control — with complete data ownership and costs you can predict.

Everything we research, ship, and discover lands in the weekly newsletter.

The Team

The people behind RecursionAI — strategy, infrastructure, and implementation.

Jackson Oaks

Co-Founder

Software engineer and local AI professional services lead. Hands-on across the stack with a focus on private, self-hosted AI.

Ryker Ross

Co-Founder, AI Infrastructure

Software engineer specializing in AI infrastructure. Builds the systems that make AI fast, predictable, and yours to own.

Bryan Smith

AI Strategy Specialist

Helps small and mid-sized businesses turn AI from a curiosity into a practical advantage. A decade deploying production AI for PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, Toyota, and Nestle.

Tanner Woodrum

n8n & Implementation Expert

Implementation expert specializing in n8n and AI workflow automation. Ships the integrations and automations that make AI strategies real.

Mike Ebert

Strategic Advisor

Developer turned product manager with 20 years of bringing cutting-edge technology into everyday use. Bridges the gap between what AI can do and what teams actually need.

What We Believe

The principles that guide our work.

Hands-On, Not Theoretical

We don't operate on theory. We test every tool, build every system, and ship every pattern ourselves before recommending it. We're not just advising — we've actually done it.

Hands-On, Not Theoretical

We don't operate on theory. We test every tool, build every system, and ship every pattern ourselves before recommending it. We're not just advising — we've actually done it.

Move Fast So You Don't Have To

AI moves fast, and so do we. We track the field daily and translate the noise into a current playbook so you get the latest thinking without having to keep up yourself.

Move Fast So You Don't Have To

AI moves fast, and so do we. We track the field daily and translate the noise into a current playbook so you get the latest thinking without having to keep up yourself.

Ship Real Solutions

We ship real solutions of our own and advise businesses on how to do the same. We're builders who deliver professional services, not advisors who guess.

Ship Real Solutions

We ship real solutions of our own and advise businesses on how to do the same. We're builders who deliver professional services, not advisors who guess.

Open Research

We believe in sharing what we learn. We write about every tool we test, every deployment we run, and every lesson we learn along the way.

Open Research

We believe in sharing what we learn. We write about every tool we test, every deployment we run, and every lesson we learn along the way.