Tool overview
Tinfoil is listed under AI Infrastructure & MLOps AI tools.
What is Tinfoil?
Tinfoil provides private AI chat, an OpenAI-compatible inference API, and confidential containers protected by hardware enclaves. Client tools verify remote attestation and encrypt requests directly to approved workloads, while security-critical code is published for independent inspection.
Best for
Teams and individuals needing strong, verifiable privacy for AI workloads
Who is it for?
Decision note
Suitable for evaluation after confirming final commercial terms, permissions, data handling, lifecycle status, and edit-screen aliases. Keep Needs Review enabled until a human verifies the published profile.
Key features
Hardware-enforced privacy through secure enclaves
Client-side remote-attestation verification
OpenAI-compatible private inference API
Private chat on web and iOS
Confidential containers for Docker workloads
Open-source security-critical components
Use cases
Chatting with sensitive personal information
Building private AI applications
Processing regulated documents and images
Running custom workloads in secure enclaves
Verifying AI infrastructure before data transfer
Pros
- Privacy claims are independently verifiable
- Supports chat, API, and custom containers
- Drop-in compatibility reduces migration work
- Security-critical components are open source
Cons
- Different products use different billing models
- Fair-use limits apply to Private Chat
- Confidential-computing deployment adds operational complexity
Limitations
Secure enclaves reduce provider access but do not eliminate application, endpoint, model, or configuration risk. Users should verify attestations, client integrity, model behavior, retention boundaries, access controls, and regulatory requirements.
Pricing details
Billing options
Pricing note
Private Chat is $20 per month, while Tinfoil Containers start at $20 per month plus usage and the inference API is usage-based. Y Combinator also identifies a free chat option; no time-limited product trial is confirmed.
Supported languages
- Python
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Go
- Swift
Integrations
OpenAI-compatible clients
Docker
Python SDK
JavaScript SDK
NVIDIA confidential computing
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