HPE Private Cloud AI
Which agentic AI platform runs on HPE Private Cloud AI?
An agentic AI platform for HPE Private Cloud AI is the software layer where teams build AI agents, IT governs them and staff use them, on top of the models the system serves. Katonic AI is one such platform and is a partner in the HPE Unleash AI program. It connects to the models HPE Private Cloud AI serves and adds agent building, a gateway, knowledge, guardrails, evaluation and audit.
What HPE Private Cloud AI gives you
HPE Private Cloud AI is a private AI system that HPE delivers as one product, developed with NVIDIA. It arrives with the hardware, the cluster software and model serving in place. Your organisation runs it on its own premises, so prompts and data stay inside.
What it serves is models. A model that answers a request is not yet an agent that does a job. The work between the two is the agent layer.
What the agent layer has to do
| Job | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Build agents | Teams need a place to design an agent, connect its tools and test it |
| Control access to models | One gateway in front of the models, with budgets, caps and logging |
| Use your documents and data | Agents answer from your knowledge, and respect who may see what |
| Keep agents inside policy | Guardrails on what goes in and what comes out |
| Test before release | Each version is scored against a test set before staff rely on it |
| Leave a record | Every run is traced, so an auditor can see what the agent did |
| Give staff somewhere to use it | A place to work with agents, not only an API |
How to choose a platform
- It runs entirely on the system, with no dependency on an outside service at run time.
- It uses the models the system already serves, instead of asking you to serve a second set.
- It covers governance and audit, not only agent building.
- It can also run on HPE GPU servers, so work moves with you if your estate grows.
- It is in the HPE Unleash AI program, so your HPE account team can bring it into the conversation.
Where Katonic fits
On HPE Private Cloud AI, Katonic connects to the models the system serves. Teams build agents in Katonic Studio. Every model call goes through the Katonic AI Gateway, where access rules, budgets, guardrails and audit logging apply. The Knowledge Engine lets agents use your documents with permissions intact.
The same platform runs on HPE GPU servers. Agents, knowledge and policies built on one route can be carried to the other.
Read next
- Katonic AI on HPE →
- What is HPE Unleash AI? →
- HPE Private Cloud AI or HPE GPU servers →
- Ten use cases on HPE →
Questions and answers
Does HPE Private Cloud AI include an agent platform?
It includes the hardware, cluster software and model serving, with tools from HPE and NVIDIA. Many organisations add a platform for building, governing and using agents on top, and HPE runs the Unleash AI partner program for that software.
Does Katonic replace the models on HPE Private Cloud AI?
No. Katonic connects to the models the system serves.
Is Katonic an HPE Unleash AI partner?
Yes. Katonic AI is a partner in the HPE Unleash AI program.
Can the platform run with no outside connection?
Yes. Katonic can run with no outside connection, so data, models and logs stay on the system.