Sovereign AI is the shift most businesses are still missing. Michael Burnett-Davies is building local AI systems that run on your own hardware so the model and the data never leave your environment. This technology was trained on everyone’s information without consent. The logical next step is bringing that capability back under the control of the people and businesses who need it. The current cloud model is heavily subsidised. Token pricing will eventually replace cheap subscriptions, and the true unsubsidized cost remains unknown. Many businesses are becoming dependent on tools whose long-term economics they cannot yet see. The practical work is integration, not disruption. Simple local models can already handle 90 to 99 percent of many tasks at almost zero ongoing cost while keeping sensitive information inside the business. Ownership of the process matters as much as the capability itself.