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

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

Engagement Tiers

Four engagement sizes. The $50,000 Prototype is the anchor — the others are inquiry-only because each one needs a tailored scope.

Tier Price Best For Duration Action
PoC Lite $35,000 Prove viability, single use case, no production handoff 2 weeks Inquire
Prototype · Anchor $50,000 Full working prototype on PTG fleet + complete handoff package 4-6 weeks Reserve Slot
Compliance-Aware $75,000 CMMC L2 / HIPAA / PCI regulated deployment with audit trail 5-6 weeks Inquire
Production-Ready $125,000 Migration guarantee + runbooks + 90-day operate-with-you 6-8 weeks Contact Us

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.