AI ConsultancySenior engineers / Practical advice

Self-hosted AI.
Expert guidance.

Self-hosted and private AI inference specialists.

Choose the right model. Buy hardware with confidence. Understand what is holding your inference back.

We help businesses plan and improve private AI, from individual GPU workstations to small and mid-scale server deployments.

Direct access to a senior engineerAgreed scope and written findingsRemote advice. Your team stays in control.

Advice grounded in our own engineering.

We build Krasis, Lore and Dokima. Our work spans inference engines, agent workflows and AI-powered code security. That gives us practical experience of the choices around running useful AI.

The right expertise.
A clear piece of work.

Start with the decision you need to make. Each assessment has an agreed scope, a defined deliverable and time with a senior engineer.

01

What should we run, and what should we buy?

Private AI Infrastructure Planning

A practical plan for a new or changing deployment. We review your workload, model options, budget and infrastructure requirements before you commit to hardware.

  • Review of one agreed workload and deployment
  • Written recommendations on models, hardware and capacity trade-offs
  • One 60-minute call with a senior engineer

Fixed assessment

£950

Plan your infrastructure
02

Can this model do the work we need?

Model Suitability Assessment

Test a particular model against the tasks that matter to your business. We agree the examples and assessment criteria with you, then run a bounded evaluation of its capabilities and limitations.

  • One model and configuration against agreed workload examples
  • Written results, failure cases and suitability findings
  • One 60-minute findings call with a senior engineer

Price on application

From £1,750

Assess a model
03

What is limiting our inference performance?

Inference Performance and Optimisation Assessment

Understand how a deployed model behaves under your workload. We assess the baseline, investigate bottlenecks and carry out agreed optimisation experiments where useful.

  • Agreed deployment, workload and performance measurements
  • Written findings and prioritised recommendations
  • Senior engineer calls included in the agreed project scope

Price on application

From £3,000

Discuss performance
04

Does this design stand up to scrutiny?

Architecture Review

An independent second opinion before you commit. Bring an existing architecture, proposed deployment or supplier specification and we will examine its assumptions, constraints and trade-offs.

  • Review of one documented design or supplier proposal
  • Written risks, alternatives and recommendations
  • One 60-minute call with a senior engineer

Fixed assessment

£950

Review your architecture

Private AI Adviser

A senior engineering sounding board for decisions about your private AI systems.

Discuss an adviser arrangement

£950/month

  • One call of up to 60 minutes per month
  • Two focused technical reviews by email each month, such as sense-checking a hardware quote, discussing a configuration change or considering whether a model is worth evaluating
  • Calls often available same day but prior notice may be needed. Calls take place during UK business hours.

Get an experienced second opinion before committing time and budget. Where deeper investigation would help, we’ll recommend and scope the appropriate assessment.

Our consultancy services are available to business customers acting in the course of their business. All engagements are subject to an agreed scope and our Consultancy and Advisory Terms and Conditions.

All prices exclude VAT where applicable. Assessment scope and project fees are agreed before work begins, with 50% payable upfront and 50% on delivery of the agreed assessment. Any additional compute costs are agreed in advance. The adviser is a monthly service.

We commit to the agreed assessments, advice and deliverables. Specific performance improvements are not guaranteed. Implementation and ongoing operation require a separate scope.

Monthly adviser allowances do not roll over. Technical reviews cover a specific question and reasonable follow-up clarification. Benchmarking, detailed investigation and implementation are quoted separately. The adviser service does not include incident response or ongoing system operation.

Your systems.
Our engineering judgement.

You can get useful advice without giving us access to your servers. Your team can supply the configuration and run agreed measurements while we interpret the evidence.

  1. 01

    Describe the decision

    Tell us what you want to run, your constraints and what you need to understand. We identify the assessment that fits.

  2. 02

    Agree the work

    We define the workloads, evidence, calls and written deliverables, then agree the price before starting.

  3. 03

    Leave with a clear next step

    We present the findings, explain the trade-offs and give your team recommendations they can act on.

What are you
trying to run?

Tell us about the workload, the decision you face and any models or hardware you are considering. If you are unsure which service fits, start with the problem.

Email us about your project

contact@northloom.ai

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