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Set up AI with Bridge: local model, your own key or Culltron Cloud
Status, 14 October 2026: Culltron desktop apps are launch candidates. Access is gated and no public installer is published yet. This page describes how the product works today in our release candidates.
Short answer: Open Bridge and choose where your AI runs. Aria, in Ultra X27 apps, uses whichever one you connect.
Your three options
- Local model: Bridge detects and connects a local model on your device through Ollama, with no ports or terminals to configure.
- Your own provider key: bring your own API key from an AI provider.
- Culltron Cloud: managed cloud AI through Workspaces.
How Bridge keeps this safe
Bridge runs on your machine only (loopback) and gives apps scoped, permissioned access. See Bridge and Sentinel for the security model.