Tailscale Funnel: How to Share Your Private AI Stack with External Users | Tool Update
Tailscale Funnel lets you expose services on your Tailscale network to the public internet without revealing your home IP — useful for sharing a private Ollama…
Published on MyPrivateClaw
Mar 31, 2026, 6:50 AM UTC
Coverage date
Mar 6, 2026
Last updated
Apr 4, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC
News summary
Tailscale Funnel is a feature that lets you expose a local service running inside your Tailscale network (tailnet) to the public internet — without opening firewall ports, configuring NAT, or obtaining a static IP. When you enable Funnel on a device, Tailscale assigns it a stable public HTTPS URL (e.g., your device.tailnet name.ts.net) and routes inbound traffic through Tailscale's relay servers via an encrypted TCP proxy. The relay server cannot decrypt the traffic; it only forwards the encrypted tunnel to your local device. The feature is available on Personal, Personal Plus, Premium, and Enterprise plans as of Tailscale v1.38.3. For private AI practitioners, Funnel solves a common problem: sharing a locally running model server (Ollama, Open WebUI, a custom FastAPI endpoint) with a colleague, client, or mobile device without exposing your home IP or punching holes in a corporate fire…