We make private AI in your VPC feasible.
RAM compression shrinks frontier models by 50–60%, cutting your hardware requirements in half, but keeping all the intelligence you need. Run a 31B parameter model on a single GPU instance, or on a Mac Studio with zero cloud dependency. Your data never leaves your infrastructure.
RAM compression doesn't just make models smaller. It makes an entirely different class of hardware viable, and that changes the economics of everything.
NVIDIA RTX PRO Server 6000, 96GB VRAM. RAM-compressed 31B model fits at 31GB with 65GB free for KV cache and batching.
*List pricing before corporate cloud discounts. 10hrs/day, workdays only.
NVIDIA A100 80GB. Fits the compressed model with room to spare. Deploy in your Azure VNet with private endpoints.
*List pricing before corporate cloud discounts. 10hrs/day, workdays only.
NVIDIA A100 40GB. The compressed 31B model fits within the 40GB envelope. Deploy in your GCP VPC with Private Service Connect.
*List pricing before corporate cloud discounts. 10hrs/day, workdays only.
M4 Ultra with 192GB unified memory. Runs RAM-compressed models natively via MLX. On-prem, cloud-hosted, or at a desk.
No cloud. No API keys. No metered costs. Runs 24/7.
Shepherd is the platform that takes a frontier model, compresses it with RAM, validates it with Watchman, and deploys it to your infrastructure, whether that's a VPC, a Mac Studio fleet, or an air-gapped facility.
Every Shepherd Enterprise compression build includes an automated Watchman capability audit. You get a full quality report before any compressed model reaches production -- benchmark scores, capability drift analysis, and pass/fail gating against your quality thresholds.
No separate tooling. No manual validation. Compression and assurance in a single pipeline.
Our RAM compression engine produces smaller models with measurably higher quality than any publicly available technique. A ground-up rethink of quantization that changes what's possible at every compression level.
Automated compression triggered on model release. Plug RAM into your existing CI/CD workflows with webhook triggers, CLI tooling, and API access. Compress once, deploy everywhere.
Dense, Mixture-of-Experts, multimodal. The RAM engine handles architectures that first-generation compression couldn't, with the same automated workflow and quality guarantees.
Deploy compressed models across Apple Silicon clusters, on-prem GPU infrastructure, or air-gapped environments. Sovereign deployment support for organisations that require it.
Integrated Watchman audits gate every compressed build against your quality thresholds. Models that don't meet your standards never reach production. Full traceability from source to deployment.
The free individual edition of Shepherd is being rebuilt from the ground up with the same RAM compression engine powering the enterprise platform. When it ships, it will be a new generation -- not an incremental update.
The same next-generation compression technology available to enterprise customers, brought to your desktop.
Runs entirely locally on your Mac. No cloud, no sign-up, no data leaving your device.
The individual edition will remain 100% free for personal use. Same promise, dramatically better technology.
Talk to our team about deploying the Shepherd Enterprise platform in your infrastructure. Compression, capability assurance, and fleet deployment in a single pipeline.
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