Custom LLM Deployment
Setup, installation, and configuration tailored to your environment.
Cloud, on-prem, or at the edge.
Same model, same governance, same control plane — sized and operated for the environment that fits your security, latency, and cost profile.
- On-prem for full data sovereignty
- Private cloud (AWS · Azure · GCP) for elastic scale
- Edge for offline + low-latency environments
Your data is unique. Your use cases are specialized. Your AI deployment should be too. At LLM.co, we don't believe in one-size-fits-all models. Our team delivers fully customized LLM setup and installation services—designed to meet your specific security, compliance, and operational needs. Whether you're a law firm, financial institution, healthcare provider, or government agency, we help you build, install, and fine-tune private AI infrastructure that fits your organization—not the other way around.
End-to-End Custom LLM Installation
Every organization has different tech stacks, privacy requirements, and user workflows. That's why we handle every aspect of the LLM deployment process—from architecture design to implementation and testing—with precision.
We start with a discovery and planning session to align the LLM installation to your infrastructure, use cases, and security posture. From there, our engineers configure your environment, install the appropriate open-source or proprietary models, and integrate your internal data systems, including knowledge bases, CRMs, or document stores. We ensure your LLMs run securely and perform reliably whether hosted on-prem, in your cloud, or in a hybrid setup.
What's Included In Your Custom Deployment
Your Custom LLM Setup Will Include The Following.
Architecture Planning & Secure Model Deployment
We begin with a deep-dive technical discovery to understand your infrastructure, compliance obligations, and business objectives. From there, we design a deployment architecture tailored to your environment—whether it's on-prem, in a private cloud, or hybrid. Our team then installs and configures your chosen open-source or licensed LLM, ensuring it's optimized for performance, isolation, and compliance from day one.
Custom Data Integration & Retrieval Pipeline Setup
Your internal data is your competitive edge. We help you ingest documents, structured files, and database records securely—tokenizing and embedding them into a private vector database of your choice (e.g., FAISS, Chroma, Qdrant). We also implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines to enable intelligent document search, multi-document Q&A, and grounded generation—all powered by your proprietary knowledge.
Security Hardening, Access Control & Ongoing Optimization
Privacy and control are baked into every layer of your installation. We configure encryption protocols, role-based access controls (RBAC), and integrate with your existing IAM and SIEM systems. Once deployed, we run performance tests, validate outputs, and train your team on model usage, administration, and monitoring. If needed, we continue to support you with fine-tuning, scaling, or post-launch iteration.
Common questions
01What's the difference between a custom LLM installation and using a public AI service like OpenAI or Anthropic?
A custom installation means you own and control the entire AI stack—from the model weights to the vector database to the user access layer. Unlike public APIs, which require you to send data to someone else's cloud, our setup keeps everything in your environment. You avoid data leakage, ensure compliance, and can fully tailor the model to your business logic, internal systems, and workflows.
02Can you install the LLM on our on-premise servers or within our VPC?
Yes. We specialize in secure, private deployments. Whether you prefer air-gapped servers, a VPC on AWS/Azure/GCP, or a hybrid infrastructure, we adapt the installation to your needs. Our team collaborates with your IT and security leads to align the setup with existing access controls, network policies, and compliance requirements.
03What types of models can you install? Do we need a license?
We can install a wide range of open-source models like LLaMA, Mistral, or Mixtral, as well as support licensed models depending on your needs. If you already have a license for a proprietary model, we'll handle the setup and ensure it integrates with your systems securely. We help you choose the right model based on your performance, latency, and privacy requirements.
04How is our internal data integrated and used with the model?
We securely ingest your documents—contracts, SOPs, EHRs, support tickets, spreadsheets, and more—and embed them into a private vector database. From there, we configure a RAG pipeline that allows the model to retrieve and reference this data in real time. The data is never used to train the base model unless explicitly requested, and everything remains encrypted and fully under your control.
05Do you offer ongoing support, training, or post-installation services?
Yes. After installation, we provide hands-on training for your admins and users, ensuring your team knows how to operate, manage, and expand your system. We also offer optional support packages for continued optimization, scaling, or future fine-tuning based on your evolving needs. You'll never be left guessing how your system works or how to improve it.
06Which inference servers do you support, and how do you choose between them?
We evaluate vLLM, Ollama, HuggingFace TGI, and other serving runtimes against your specific hardware, concurrency targets, and model format. vLLM is typically recommended for high-throughput GPU clusters requiring continuous batching; Ollama suits lighter single-node installs or developer environments. The selection is driven by your production requirements, not a fixed preference.
07Can you deploy into a fully air-gapped environment with no internet connectivity?
Yes. Air-gapped deployments require all dependencies—model weights, container images, embedding models, vector databases, and package mirrors—to be pre-staged inside the secure enclave before the network boundary closes. We handle that pre-staging process end-to-end and validate the installation operates correctly with zero external egress.
08How do you handle model selection if we don't have a specific model in mind?
We conduct a structured model selection workshop during the discovery phase, mapping your use case requirements (instruction following, document Q&A, code generation, multilingual support) to candidate open-source models such as Llama 3, Mistral, Mixtral, or Qwen. We then benchmark top candidates against your hardware and latency targets before committing to an architecture.
09What does the Kubernetes deployment option include, and do we need an existing cluster?
We can deploy into an existing Kubernetes cluster or provision a new one as part of the engagement. The deployment package includes Helm charts for the inference server and vector database, NVIDIA GPU operator configuration, autoscaling policies, and integration with your existing ingress and secrets management tooling. No prior GPU cluster experience on your team is required.
10How does a custom deployment relate to your broader agentic and automation capabilities?
The inference infrastructure we install is the foundation on which agentic workflows and automation pipelines run. Once your private LLM is deployed and integrated with your internal data systems, we can layer orchestration logic—tool use, multi-step reasoning, scheduled automation—on top of the same private stack without routing any data through external APIs.
Inference Stack Selection & Configuration
Choosing the right inference engine is as consequential as choosing the model itself. We evaluate your throughput requirements, hardware footprint, and latency targets to select and configure the appropriate serving layer—whether that's vLLM for high-concurrency GPU clusters, Ollama for lightweight single-node installs, or HuggingFace TGI for flexibility across quantized model formats. Each engine is tuned with continuous batching, KV caching, and—where hardware supports it—flash attention to maximize token throughput without over-provisioning compute.
For containerized environments, we package inference workloads as Helm charts or Docker Compose stacks and orchestrate them via Kubernetes with GPU operator integration and horizontal pod autoscaling. This means your deployment scales under load without manual intervention and integrates cleanly with your existing CI/CD pipelines, monitoring stack, and enterprise governance controls.
Environment Options: On-Prem, Private VPC & Air-Gapped
Not every organization has the same risk profile or network perimeter. We support the full range of deployment environments: bare-metal on-premises servers with direct GPU access, isolated private VPCs on AWS, Azure, or GCP with restricted egress and allowlisted endpoints, and fully air-gapped enclaves where every dependency—model weights, container images, embedding models, and vector databases—is pre-staged inside the secure boundary before the environment goes offline. Each topology is designed to satisfy specific compliance frameworks without sacrificing inference performance.
For on-prem and hybrid deployments, we collaborate directly with your network and security teams to map the installation to existing firewall rules, proxy configurations, and hardware provisioning workflows. For regulated industries requiring data privacy guarantees—healthcare, defense, finance—air-gapped configurations ensure zero data egress by design, not policy.
Onboarding Timeline & Post-Deployment Handoff
A typical custom deployment engagement moves through four structured phases: discovery and architecture review, environment provisioning and model installation, integration and pipeline validation, and team enablement. Discovery covers your infrastructure inventory, compliance obligations, and target use cases. Provisioning installs and hardens the inference stack, vector database, and RAG retrieval pipeline in your environment. Validation stress-tests throughput, latency, and output quality against your acceptance criteria before any production traffic is routed.
Handoff includes runbook documentation, administrator training, and a defined escalation path to our support team for post-launch issues. Where continuous improvement is needed—model fine-tuning, embedding model swaps, or capacity scaling—we offer structured retainer engagements so your deployment stays current as your use cases evolve.
Private AI On Your Terms
Tell us your use case and constraints — on-prem, cloud, or edge — and we'll map a compliant deployment within one business day.
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