Private AI Prototype

We Build Your Private AI Prototype On Our Fleet In 4 Weeks

Starting at $50,000 · 4-6 week build

We use Petronella Technology Group's on-prem AI lab (ai5, ai7, Dell, DGX nodes) to build a real, working private AI prototype against your data and your use case. Then we hand you the runbooks, architecture docs, and a migration path to your own infrastructure. No six-figure slideware pilot. No vendor lock-in.

McKinsey / BCG AI pilot: $250K+ · Databricks enterprise pilot: $60K-$120K · Healthcare AI strategy alone (no build): $75K-$150K

Reserve Your Slot — $50,000 Compare All 4 Tiers Tour The Fleet First

Fixed fee · Kickoff within 7 business days · NDA + MSA on day 0 · 4-6 prototypes/year max · fleet concurrency limited to 2

Pick Your Engagement Tier

Four engagement sizes, each with a dedicated Stripe checkout. The $50,000 Prototype is the anchor; the other three scale scope up or down. Fleet concurrency capped at two engagements — first to pay reserves the slot.

PoC Lite

$35,000

2-week sprint

Prove a single use case on the Petronella fleet without a production handoff.

  • Single use case, single data source
  • Model selection + inference endpoint on the fleet
  • Live demo + written viability report
  • Architecture sketch for future build-out
Buy Now — $35K

Prototype

$50,000

4-6 weeks

Full working private AI prototype on the fleet plus the complete handoff package.

  • Everything in PoC Lite
  • RAG pipeline or fine-tune job against your data
  • Runbooks, architecture docs, migration plan
  • Two live demos + knowledge-transfer session
Buy Now — $50K

Compliance-Aware

$75,000

5-6 weeks

CMMC Level 2, HIPAA, or PCI-aligned private AI with a full audit trail.

  • Everything in the $50K Prototype
  • CMMC-RP engineer on every build session
  • Logging, access control, encryption review
  • Audit-ready documentation package
Buy Now — $75K

Production-Ready

$125,000

6-8 weeks + 90-day ops

Migration guarantee, production runbooks, and a 90-day operate-with-you window.

  • Everything in the $75K Compliance-Aware tier
  • Hardware BOM + infrastructure sizing
  • 90-day managed operate-with-you window
  • Migration guarantee to your on-prem or cloud
Buy Now — $125K

The 4-Week Build

Real inference on real hardware with your real data. Outcome-oriented, not slideware.

W1

Scope & Data

Use-case definition, success metrics, data sample ingestion, model selection, architecture draft, security boundary definition.

W2

Build

Stand up the stack on PTG fleet: inference endpoint, RAG pipeline or fine-tune job, retrieval index, guardrails. Live weekly demo.

W3

Iterate

Prompt + retrieval + fine-tune tuning against your success metrics. Latency, accuracy, cost optimization. Second live demo.

W4

Handoff

Runbooks, architecture diagrams, migration plan to your infra. Credentials rotation, knowledge-transfer session, optional continued managed ops.

What You Get

Working Prototype

Live private-AI system running on PTG fleet, accessible to your named stakeholders, demonstrating your chosen use case end to end.

Architecture Docs

Complete infrastructure diagrams, network topology, model versioning, data-flow maps, security boundaries, cost assumptions.

Runbooks

Operator playbooks for deployment, scaling, monitoring, incident response, model refresh, and backup / recovery.

Migration Plan

Phased handoff to your on-prem or cloud infrastructure with hardware bill of materials, staffing needs, and 90-day operate-with-you window available.

Who This Is For

  • CTOs and technical founders who need to ship a defensible AI proof-of-concept in a month, not a quarter
  • Defense primes and subcontractors needing a CMMC-aligned private AI demonstration
  • Healthcare and financial firms who cannot put ePHI or PCI data through public cloud AI
  • Private equity operators testing an AI thesis inside a portfolio company without long-term commitment
  • Internal IT teams wanting to de-risk a private AI investment before buying hardware
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Frequent Questions

What use cases have you built?
Document retrieval / RAG on internal knowledge bases, compliance-aware chat, fine-tuned domain models, agentic research workflows, redaction and classification pipelines. We scope to your case in week 1.
Why does this start at $50K?
A real working prototype on production-grade hardware with CMMC-RP engineers, GPU time on our fleet (NVIDIA DGX + workstations), and full documentation is not cheap to deliver. Scope-expansion, multi-model work, or specialized data-pipeline integration can push the engagement above the starting price; we quote before work begins.
Where does my data live?
Inside PTG's private AI lab in Raleigh, on hardware we own and control. NDA and data-handling agreement signed before ingestion. Data destroyed within 30 days of handoff unless you request continued hosted ops.
Who does the work?
Two senior engineers plus Craig Petronella at kickoff and handoff. No offshore labor, no junior developers.
What happens if the use case doesn't pan out?
Then you get a reasoned report on why, what we tried, and what a different approach would cost. Better to learn that for $50K than a $500K full build.
Can we extend into ongoing managed ops?
Yes — most clients do. We offer a 90-day operate-with-you window on PTG fleet and a managed private-AI service for clients who prefer not to host in-house.

A Working Prototype In 4 Weeks

Our hardware. Your data. Real inference. Full handoff. Starting at $50,000.

Reserve Your Slot — $50,000 Compare All 4 Tiers

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