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Australian sovereign AI inference — launching on Product Hunt today.

Australian sovereign AI inference — launching on Product Hunt today.

Australian businesses in healthcare, legal, and finance are feeding sensitive client data into American AI systems. US jurisdiction. US servers. US law.

Most of them are not asking where the data goes.

That gap is what NorthStar LLM API was built to close.


What it is

NorthStar LLM API is a private AI inference API running on dedicated enterprise hardware in South Australia.

  • Australian sovereign — data never leaves Australian jurisdiction
  • OpenAI-compatible — one line change from existing integrations
  • Flat monthly pricing — no per-token billing
  • No prompts logged — zero data retention
  • Australian edge delivery — Sydney and Melbourne nodes

Why it matters

The Australian Government is actively investing in sovereign cloud infrastructure. SA Government ICT panels now prioritise local data residency. Healthcare and legal sectors face increasing regulatory pressure on where patient and client data is processed.

The market for Australian-sovereign AI infrastructure is not theoretical. It is forming now.

NorthStar is positioned at the centre of it.


Pricing

Plan Price Rate
Developer $29 AUD/month 30 req/min
Basic $99 AUD/month 60 req/min
Pro $199 AUD/month 120 req/min
Enterprise $499 AUD/month Unlimited + SLA

Quick start

curl -X POST https://api.northstarbuyingguides.store/api/generate \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"gemma3:4b","prompt":"Hello","stream":false}'
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Free trial

100 requests. No credit card. Active within 60 seconds.

Email: northstarholdings.global@gmail.com
Subject: API Trial Request


If you are building in Australia and data residency matters to your clients — this was built for you.

Launching on Product Hunt today — upvotes appreciated.

Product Hunt | GitHub


NorthStar Holdings | Adelaide, South Australia | ABN 67 387 124 760

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