At the 'Claris Conference 2026' (venue: Toranomon Hills Forum, Tokyo), held until November 13th, the newly announced 'Claris Harbor' is being showcased in a demo exhibit, drawing significant attention from attendees.

Claris Harbor, which made its world debut at the event's keynote on the 11th, is software that allows users to build a local AI server simply by installing it on a Mac Studio/Mac Mini. The name 'Harbor' signifies a 'safe and protected place,' reflecting its ability to create a private AI execution environment that does not transmit data outside the organization, all without complex setup procedures.

Harbor also features the ability to download open-weight models from Hugging Face and to cluster multiple Macs using RDMA.

When a model published on Hugging Face is selected, Harbor automatically allocates the necessary memory capacity based on the model's metadata and downloads the model itself. After that, the model can be executed simply by clicking the 'Run' button within Harbor.

From the keynote demo. Pasting a model name published on Hugging Face into Harbor.

Displaying required memory capacity, supported cluster node count, etc., from the model's metadata.

Harbor's model management screen. Multiple models can be stored and switched for execution.

Furthermore, it includes a feature to interconnect multiple Macs with Harbor installed via Thunderbolt 5 to form an RDMA cluster. Here too, tasks such as model copying, sharding, loading into memory, and endpoint creation are automated, eliminating the need for configuration changes or parameter adjustments.

According to the presenter, this cluster can connect up to 4 nodes in a mesh topology, or an unlimited number of nodes in a ring topology.

From the demo exhibit. Two Mac Minis with Harbor installed interconnected via Thunderbolt.

A 2-node RDMA cluster is built, creating an environment capable of running large-scale models.

The model running at this time was 'Qwen3.5-112B-10B-4bit'.

While the General Availability (GA) date for Claris Harbor has not been announced, beta access has begun for some customers, with a full release planned after feedback and improvements.

Additionally, at the Claris Conference keynote, 'Claris Pulse,' an 'agent-based AI platform' that connects and operates with various information sources within an organization, was also world-premiered. Further details will be provided in a future article.

*'Claris Pulse' is said to generate charts and dashboards in real-time and execute actions in response to natural language instructions.