# edge
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## How it works

1. **Install the box.** The Norman Edge Node is installed in your office. The Advisor Workspace, the client portal, and the AI models run entirely on-premise.
2. **Connect clients.** Your clients upload documents through a secure portal, connect their bank, or import CSV — everything lands directly on your box.
3. **Let the agents work.** Local AI agents extract documents, categorise, reconcile accounts, detect missing paperwork, and draft client messages.
4. **Review & file.** You review the return, your client approves that exact version, and filing goes through your own ELSTER certificate — with a complete audit trail.

## What Norman Edge eliminates

Agents take the routine work. You keep the responsibility.

- Document chasing: Agents detect missing paperwork and request it from the client — you only see the progress.
- Cloud risk: § 203 StGB and GDPR stop being blockers: all data and models stay physically inside your office.
- Manual entry: Documents are extracted and booked by local AI — including categorisation and reconciliation.

## FAQ

### What is Norman Edge?

An appliance with local AI for firms: an Advisor Workspace for your team, a portal for your clients, and agents for documents, bookkeeping, and VAT returns. The first declaration type is the German UStVA.

### Where does the data live?

On the box in your office — database, documents, communications, and certificates. There is no cloud AI: the models run locally too. Backups are encrypted and stay with you.

### How are filings submitted?

Through your own ELSTER certificate, after your review and your client's approval. Every approval is cryptographically bound to the exact reviewed version, and every step is auditable.

### What does Norman Edge cost?

During the pilot we discuss terms individually. The model: hardware plus a recurring licence covering software, models, updates, and support.

### When is it available?

We are currently installing Norman Edge at selected pilot firms. Leave your details below — we will follow up with next steps.

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