The free desktop application runs small language models entirely offline on personal PCs and supports multi-device distributed inference through Mesh Mode. Lablup will also sign a partnership with UK-based AI infrastructure firm Boston Limited during the event.

SEOUL — Lablup Inc. today announced it will showcase Backend.AI:GO, its free personal AI platform, at MWC Barcelona 2026, held March 2 through 5 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain. The company will also hold a partnership signing ceremony with Boston Limited, a UK-based AI infrastructure company, as it formally enters the European market.

Backend.AI:GO, launched at CES 2026 in January, is a free desktop application that runs small language models (SLMs) directly on a personal PC with no cloud connection required. Once a model is downloaded, the application operates entirely offline, handling document analysis, image understanding, and code review without transmitting data externally. It supports macOS, Windows, and Linux, with native Apple Silicon optimization through Lablup's own MLxcel inference engine.

When a task exceeds local hardware capacity, Backend.AI:GO can automatically offload it to a Backend.AI Core cluster within the organization or to cloud APIs from providers such as OpenAI and Google. Users can also link multiple GO devices together through Mesh Mode, pooling computing resources for distributed inference on models too large for a single workstation.

Since launch, Backend.AI:GO has added capabilities at a rapid pace. Version 1.1, released in early February, introduced Stable Diffusion-based image generation, document translation with OCR support for TXT, MD, DOCX, PDF, and image files, and a headless server mode for standalone deployment in server environments. Version 1.2 adds an agent marketplace where users can browse and download agent profiles, along with a Cowork mode that lets multiple agents collaborate under shared folder permissions and automated approval rules.

From Desktop to Mobile

Lablup is developing the next phase of Backend.AI:GO: the ability to remotely access and control AI models running on a desktop, laptop, server, or NVIDIA DGX Spark from a mobile device. Any machine running GO becomes a personal AI server that a smartphone can connect to for conversations or task requests. The orchestration capabilities that Lablup has built for enterprise AI infrastructure now extend to individual users and their personal devices.

"Backend.AI:GO was the first step in bringing AI workloads that once required a data center onto personal devices, and now Lablup is extending that reach to mobile," said Jeongkyu Shin, CEO of Lablup Inc. "There is no reason anyone should be tied to a specific location or a specific machine to use AI. That has been the direction Backend.AI has pursued from the beginning."

Lablup will be exhibiting at MWC Barcelona 2026 in Hall 7, Booth #7A62-01.

About Lablup Inc.

Lablup Inc., founded in 2015, builds Backend.AI, a software-defined AI infrastructure platform that orchestrates heterogeneous GPU and NPU clusters at hyperscale with secure multi-tenancy and multi-node workload management. Its container-level GPU virtualization technology further maximizes accelerator utilization across training, inference, and deployment. Headquartered in Seoul with a U.S. subsidiary in San Jose, Lablup manages over 16,000 GPUs across 110+ sites worldwide, and Backend.AI is validated as NVIDIA DGX-Ready Software. Learn more at lablup.com.