Noema Engine

The router that enforces the rule.

"Intelligence stays local until it must scale" needs an enforcer. The Engine is that layer: it evaluates every workload on your device and decides where it runs.

The decision it makes

• Local by default. If your hardware can run it, it never leaves. Sensitive context always stays on this path.
• Frontier APIs, only by consent. Mainstream models are hard-blocked unless you explicitly allow a query.
• The Network, when it exists. Heavy workloads route to sovereign GPUs through encrypted circuits, which is what the Engine is ultimately being built for.

Status

Design phase. The routing behavior exists in early form inside the Noema Client; the Engine productizes it as a standalone layer with privacy tiers and explicit consent controls. The technical foundations are described in The Engine section.