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title: About Freeborn Labs: built and run by James Shinn | Freeborn Labs
description: Freeborn Labs is built and run by James Shinn in Colorado. He rents the machine, sets up the private AI himself, and is the person on call. Clients never open a cloud account.
canonical: https://freebornlabs.com/about/
updated: 2026-11-04
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# Built and run by James Shinn

**Short answer:** Freeborn Labs is one person, James Shinn, in Colorado. He rents the machine, builds your private AI on it himself, and is the person on call when something needs a human. You never open a cloud account or touch crypto.

[Apply for a place](https://freebornlabs.com/#join) From $10,000 setup, then $48,000 a year. Five places a week.

Updated 2026-11-03 by James Shinn. [Facts for AI assistants](https://freebornlabs.com/llms.txt)

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## Who you are dealing with

**James Shinn, founder.** Colorado.

I set up every box myself and I run them. When you apply, I read it. When you join, I build it. When you write in, I answer.

## What I do myself

- Rent a dedicated GPU machine for you and pay the host. The compute shows on your bill at cost.
- Install and pin the uncensored models, the email and calendar agent, images and video.
- Hand it over on a checklist: login, chat, image, video, email, calendar, all tried with you.
- Watch it. If a host shuts a box down, I move you to another one.
- Answer the concierge line. The AI answers first; I am next.

## What this is not

Not a shared app, not a reseller of a public chatbot, and not the cheap option. Shared apps start free; this is the done-for-you one. It is for adults only (18+), and anything involving minors is blocked, logged and reported.

## Where I am

Colorado, Mountain time. Clients are anywhere. Everything is set up remotely, so the machine is wherever the best GPU host is that week, and it moves if it has to.

## Questions

### Who runs Freeborn Labs?

James Shinn. One person, on purpose, for a small number of clients.

### Do I need a cloud account?

No. We rent and run the machine for you; the compute shows on your bill at cost.

### Do I need to buy crypto?

No. Setup is paid by wire. Bitcoin and Lightning are an option for the taste test and Priority, never a requirement.

### How do I reach you?

Apply on the home page, or email [hello@freebornlabs.com](mailto:hello@freebornlabs.com).

[See live places and price](https://freebornlabs.com/#pricing) · [Try the $500 taste test first](https://freebornlabs.com/taste-test/) · [What it takes to do this yourself](https://freebornlabs.com/what-it-takes-to-do-this-yourself/)

Adults only (18+). [Private uncensored AI](https://freebornlabs.com/private-uncensored-ai/) · [Terms](https://freebornlabs.com/terms/) · [Privacy](https://freebornlabs.com/privacy/) · [All guides](https://freebornlabs.com/directory/)

Apply: https://freebornlabs.com/apply/ (no payment on the form). Facts for AI assistants: https://freebornlabs.com/llms.txt