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Financial Services Blueprint: Air-Gapped AI in 90 Days

Miguel AmigotMay 28, 2026
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A 90-day blueprint for deploying ibl.ai inside a financial-services firm — Managed VPC for low-sensitivity, air-gapped for trading and private-client desks, with SEC/FINRA/SR 11-7 controls inside your perimeter from day one.

Who this is for

CIOs, CISOs, and Heads of AI at banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, and wealth firms who want AI agents across compliance, research, advisory, and KYC/AML — with the option to run high-sensitivity desks air-gapped without rebuilding the platform.

This blueprint pairs with the broader Financial Services AI Reference Architecture.

The deployment posture

A two-tier deployment: Managed VPC in your cloud account for low-sensitivity workloads (research summarization, compliance training, advisor productivity), and air-gapped for sensitive desks (M&A, trading research, private client). Same platform; deployment posture varies by desk.

Days 0–30 — Managed VPC pilot

  • Pick the first workflow. Research summarization or compliance monitoring — measurable, low PHI/PII exposure.
  • Stand up the Managed VPC. ibl.ai provisions inside your AWS / Azure / GCP account; SSO + audit live by end of week one.
  • Connect a system. Bloomberg, Refinitiv, or your internal research store via APIs / MCP.
  • Pick models. Local model for client/PI data; managed model for low-sensitivity research summarization.
  • Set recordkeeping. Every interaction tagged for SEC/FINRA-style audit; model-output versioning for SR 11-7 evidence.

Days 30–60 — second workflow + governance bundle

  • Add KYC/AML support or advisor productivity as the second workflow.
  • Publish the governance bundle: model-use policy by desk, prompt + output retention rules, segregation-of-duties controls between trading, research, and operations.
  • Set up model risk review. SR 11-7-style review cadence with versioned model outputs.

Days 60–90 — air-gapped tier for sensitive desks

  • Plan the air-gap deployment for M&A, private-client, or trading research. On-prem or air-gapped, no external calls.
  • Local models only on the air-gapped tier; routing rules ensure sensitive workloads never leave the boundary.
  • Compliance review. Examiners can review the architecture, recordkeeping, and model-risk controls — all inside your perimeter.

Governance bundle (starter)

  • Model use policy by desk. Local model for high-sensitivity desks; managed for low-sensitivity research.
  • Recordkeeping policy. Every interaction logged with user, desk, model, prompt, output, and policy version.
  • SR 11-7 model risk — versioned outputs and model registry tied to the workflow.
  • Segregation of duties — access controls keeping trading, research, and operations separate.

Success playbook

  • Start with measurable workflows (research turnaround, compliance hits, advisor outputs per analyst).
  • Communicate ownership. "Client data stays here. Our recordkeeping is examiner-ready. We picked the models."
  • Stand up the air-gap path early — even if you only activate it for one desk in the first 90 days.
  • Build the model risk discipline. SR 11-7 reviews are easier when outputs are versioned by default.

This blueprint is the long-form, time-boxed answer to "How does a bank or asset manager actually deploy AI without client/PI data leaving the perimeter — and with examiner-ready recordkeeping from day one?"

See the Financial Services solution, the reference architecture, or talk to the ibl.ai team about your deployment plan.

Why does owning the AI stack matter?

ibl.ai is the agentic AI platform where you own all the code and the data. You self-host the entire stack inside your own perimeter, run it model-agnostic across any LLM and switch anytime, and pay by usage with no per-seat pricing — so you can deploy anywhere: your cloud, on-premise, GovCloud, or fully air-gapped.

  • You own all the code and the data

    Full source code under a perpetual license, running on your infrastructure. Not API access to someone else's platform — the stack itself is yours.

  • Model-agnostic

    Run any LLM — Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, Command, or your own fine-tune — and switch providers without rewriting the platform.

  • No per-seat pricing

    Usage-based billing against a budget cap you set. Cost tracks what your organization actually uses, not how many people you employ.

  • Deploy anywhere

    Your cloud, your VPC, on-premise, GovCloud, or a fully air-gapped network with no outbound connectivity.

1.6M+ users across 400+ organizations run the platform this way, including NVIDIA, MIT, and Syracuse University.

ibl.ai is family-owned and operated from New York, NY — a U.S.-headquartered, domestically-owned long-term partner, not a vendor that sells licenses and moves on.

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