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Cloud, Data & Platform

85% infrastructure cost cut with a hybrid bare-metal platform

Managed databases, vector search and LLM API tokens had grown into a six-figure monthly bill. We moved the heavy paths onto owned infrastructure without giving up the cloud where it earns its keep.

Client
High-growth AI and analytics SaaS
Industry
AI & analytics SaaS
Disclosure
Anonymised under NDA
Lower recurring infrastructure spend
85%Lower recurring infrastructure spend
Query latency, down from 350 ms
<45 msQuery latency, down from 350 ms
Unencrypted network paths
0Unencrypted network paths

The challenge

Six-figure monthly cloud bills on managed databases, vector search and third-party LLM tokens, with analytical queries above 350 ms.

Stack

  • ClickHouse
  • Private GPU inference
  • WireGuard mesh
  • AWS

What we did

  1. 01Moved primary analytical storage to a self-hosted ClickHouse cluster
  2. 02Deployed private GPU nodes for local model inference
  3. 03Connected the owned estate back to the cloud over a zero-trust WireGuard mesh
Generic reference architecture
failoverTERRAFORMopentofu · helmPOLICY GATEopa · trivyLANDING ZONEiam · oidc · vpcREGION Aeks · auroraREGION Bwarm standbyOTEL · SLOgrafana · loki

A generic representation of the pattern, not the client’s topology.

How you would buy this

Embedded Architecture & Build

Near full-time senior leadership that also builds: platform shifts, private AI infrastructure and production incidents.

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Retainer · 30–40 hours a week

Embedded Architecture & Build

From

$15,000

per month

Near full-time senior leadership that also builds: platform shifts, private AI infrastructure and production incidents.

  • Hands-on engineering in your repositories
  • GPU, hypervisor and ClickHouse platforms
  • Private LLM gateways and agent pipelines
  • SLA-backed incident response
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Thirty minutes with the founder. Bring your architecture diagram, your cloud bill or your plant drawings, and leave with what is realistic — including when the answer is that you do not need us yet.

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