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title: VMware Cloud Foundation Private AI Services
url: https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vcf-private-ai-services
description: VCF Private AI Services
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# VMware Cloud Foundation Private AI Services

Unlock AI and unleash productivity with lower TCO. Address privacy, choice, cost, performance, and compliance concerns.

[READ BLOG](https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/09/03/explore-2026-vmware-ai-factory-and-other-new-ai-innovations-in-vcf/)  
[TRY HANDS-ON LAB](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/27644)  

[Why is Private AI critical](https://players.brightcove.net/6415665063001/83iWkhhmz_default/index.html?videoId=6394047472112)

## Ignite Business Innovation

VCF Private AI Services empower organizations to balance the business gains from AI with the privacy and compliance needs of the organization. This ensures privacy and control of their data, choice of open-source and commercial AI solutions, optimum cost, performance, and compliance. 

- [READ OVERVIEW](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-solution-brief-vmware-private-ai-services)
- [READ IDC WHITEPAPER](https://idcdocserv.com/US54798226)

### TMCnet.com 2025 AI Core Technology Award

Broadcom and NVIDIA honored for pioneering innovation with VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA.  

- [LEARN MORE](https://www.tmcnet.com/topics/articles/2026/02/23/463263-tmcnet-names-winners-2025-ai-core-technology-awards.htm)

## Unlock AI and Unleash Productivity with Lower TCO

### Enable Privacy and Security

Maintain security, privacy, and control of data being used by AI models and services without risk of the data being used to train third party models.

### Simplify Infrastructure Management

Optimize infrastructure setup and operations, streamline lifecycle management, availability and scale while consolidating resources to lower infrastructure and energy costs.

### Streamline Model Deployment

Leverage special capabilities like Model Context Protocol, Model Runtime, and more, to enable faster and simplified model deployment.

- [READ BLOG](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/explore/how-private-ai-will-mainstream-artificial-intelligence-revolution)

## By the Numbers

Organizations are concerned about the privacy, security and control of trusted data and AI learnings, but the majority also see the value and need for AI capabilities to reach their business goals.

67%  
of organizations said they are getting significant or very significant value from AI today.  

55%  
of organizations avoid certain AI uses because of data-related concerns.  

36%  
of organizations believe concerns about regulatory compliance prevents them from successfully developing and deploying AI tools and applications.

- [Read Dummies Guide](https://www.vmware.com/docs/dummies-guide-private-ai)

## Product Demos

- Use MCP Support with Governance  
- Use AI Observability  
- Build an AI Agent  
- Deploying a RAG Application  
- Onboarding of a Model  
- GPU Overview Dashboard  
- Retrieval Augmented Generation Based Chatbot Setup  
- Integration of DSM  

### [Use MCP Support with Governance](https://players.brightcove.net/6415665063001/83iWkhhmz_default/index.html?videoId=6392319601112)

See how to use MCP governance to integrate AI agents with internal and external tools

### Use AI Observability

Learn how to view the AI metrics to optimize your AI deployment.

### Build an AI Agent

Learn how to build an AI agent with Agent Builder Service.

### Deploying a RAG Application

Learn how to deploy a RAG application in an AI model.

### Onboarding of a Model

Learn how to onboard a model using model store capability.

### GPU Overview Dashboard

Monitor GPUs with GPU overview dashboard.

### Retrieval Augmented Generation Based Chatbot Setup

See VCF Automation provisioning a K8S cluster for hosting a chatbot.

### Integration of DSM

See the integration of DSM with VCF Private AI Services.

## Build and Deploy Private and Secure AI Models

### Agent Builder Service

Use natural language to quickly define and build AI agents.

### MCP Governance

Deploy an industry standardized method for integrating AI agents with external MCP tools for secure AI agentic workflows.

### CPU Based inferencing

Reduce TCO by deploying CPU-only based AI workload through integration of Model Runtime with Llama.cpp inferencing engine.

### Model Gallery

Get enhanced governance and security with curated and secure LLMs with integrated RBAC.

### Model Runtime

Future-proof AI inference designed for future interoperability requirements.

### Distributed Resources Scheduler

Get excellent workload performance with optimal workload placement and automated rebalancing across hosts.

### AI Blueprints Quick Start

Simplify infrastructure provisioning of complex projects with curated and optimized AI infrastructure catalog items.

### AI Observability Dashboard

Optimize your AI deployment through GPU and model metrics monitoring.

### Vector Databases for Enabling RAG Workflows

Enable fast querying of data and real-time updates to enhance the outputs of LLMs with vector databases enabled by pgvector on PostgreSQL.

### Deep Learning VM Templates

Access pre-configured VM templates with essential software frameworks pre-installed that enable organizations to run multiple AI inference engines simultaneously on shared compute capacity.

### Air-Gap Support

Deploy AI services on infrastructure fully disconnected from the internet.

### vGPU Profile Visibility

View all vGPUs across the GPU footprint and eliminate manual tracking of vGPUs.

- [Read Ebook](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-privateai-ebook)

## Achieve Your AI Goals

- GPU-as-a-Service  
- Code Generation  
- Contact Center Efficiency  
- Agentic AI  
- Document Search & Summarization  
- Private & Secure Content Generation  

### Scale AI Infrastructure

Accelerate AI adoption with a scalable, on-demand, GPU infrastructure for enterprises and their business units.

### Accelerate Developer Velocity

Use fine-tuned private generative models to get confidential code examples and API specifications, while ensuring that intellectual property stays private.

### Improve Customer Experience

Significantly improve the number of tickets a contact center agent closes in a given day, yielding measurable business efficiency gains and customer satisfaction.

### Optimize Operations

Build AI agents for streamlining routine tasks and improving processes. Minimize the time spent by IT operations agents on tasks such as incident management, categorization, reporting, ticketing and monitoring.

### Amplify Employee Productivity

Improve document search, policy and procedure research. Use RAG chatbots to enable domain-specific trained AI models to retrieve relevant information from additional authoritative, pre-determined knowledge sources.

### Create Content That’s Attuned to Your Brand

Train custom LLMs with your private domain data to harness your brand’s unique voice in your marketing materials without exposing your content to public LLM users. Facilitate applications such as creative writing, marketing campaigns and product specifications.

## Highly Regulated Industries Embrace VCF Private AI Services

### Government

Government agencies are turning to private AI to comply with various global regulations on AI.

- [READ BLOG](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/private-cloud/private-ai-realizing-the-value-of-ai-in-government-while-controlling-the-costs-and-risks-of-innovation)

### Financial Services

Financial Institutions are looking to private AI to deliver new services and control customer data.

- [READ BLOG](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/financial-services/private-ai-innovation-in-financial-services-combined-with-security-and-compliance)

### Life Sciences

Life Science companies have alternatives with private AI, in order to scale AI in a secure and compliant way.

- [READ BLOG](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/artificial-intelligence/private-ai-architecting-secure-compliant-life-sciences-and-healthcare-solutions)

## Get Started with a Private AI Platform

Get the flexibility to run a range of AI platforms for your environment with VCF Private AI Services. Deploy confidently, achieve great performance and augment productivity.

### VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA

Unlock AI and unleash productivity with lower TCO by using VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA. Get privacy and security, choice of LLMs, optimized cost, great performance, and high productivity.

- [VIEW DIAGRAM](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vpaif-marketecture)
- [CONTACT US](https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/aiml-nvidia)

### Expanded Partnership with AMD on AI

Advance AI infrastructure for customers addressing privacy, choice, cost, performance, and compliance concerns.

- [READ BLOG](https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/05/ai-with-vcf-9-1-on-amd-gpus-build-with-open-frameworks-and-simplify-management-at-a-lower-tco/)

### Unlocking AI with Intel

Build and deploy AI models with VMware Cloud Foundation and Intel’s AI software suite and processors with built-in accelerators for AI and other workloads.

- [VIEW RESOURCES](https://www.vmware.com/resources/resource-center?product[]=VMware%20Private%20AI%20with%20Intel)
- [VIEW DIAGRAM](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmware-private-ai-with-intel-marketecture)

## An Extensive Ecosystem Maximizes Choice

### VCF Private AI Services Partners and Solutions

Broadcom's partners and supported solutions deliver end-to-end AI support—simplifying infrastructure management, ensuring privacy and security, and streamlining model deployment.

- [VIEW PARTNERS](https://www.broadcom.com/how-to-buy/software-partners/global-partners/ai-partners)

## Get the Latest

### AI Myths vs. Reality

Chris Wolf, Global Head of AI and Advanced Services, explains how Private Cloud drives true AI success.

- Watch Video  

### Three Ways Private AI Drives Innovation

Joe Baguley, EMEA Chief Technology Officer, Field Sales at Broadcom, describes three ways Private AI puts organizations in the driving seat for innovation.

- [Read Blog](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/enterprise-ai/three-ways-private-ai-puts-organisations-in-the-driving-seat-for-innovation)

### Powering Private AI with Virtualization

Accelerate Private AI with virtualization, which reduces the number of GPUs needed for AI installation.

- [View Infographic](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-virtualization-infographic)

## Case Studies

### ![vmw-united-states-senate-federal-credit-union-logo.png](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blt36632f8b2fbbc571/66fb8e47bb7fe51aed8b6e4f/vmw-united-states-senate-federal-credit-union-logo.png)

Our members are our priority, and AI is enabling us to provide personalized, real-time financial solutions.  
— Mark Fournier, Chief Information Officer

- Watch Video  

### ![vmw-university-of-bristol-logo.png](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blte809ca5dcdf25e33/69dc703889cfb405d7387a79/vmw-university-of-bristol-logo.png)

The platform’s ability to share GPU and CPU resources flexibly means that AI teaching environments will be provisioned and reallocated across different courses and departments with more ease.

- [READ CASE STUDY](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-university-of-bristol-ai-customer-case-study)

### Balance Innovation and Security

IDC shares how a large university system enables secure generative AI infrastructure.

- [Read IDC Case Study](https://idcdocserv.com/US53334425-BVCS)

## Resources

### [Find a Partner](https://www.broadcom.com/how-to-buy/partner-distributor-lookup)

Find trusted partners who can expertly deliver and extend the value of your investment.

### [IDC Case Study- Large University System Enables Secure GenAI Infrastructure](https://idcdocserv.com/US53334425-BVCS)

### [Hands-On Lab- VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/15874)

### [IDC Whitepaper- On-Premises AI Infrastructure Balances Innovation and Security](https://idcdocserv.com/US52747024)

[SEE ALL RESOURCES](https://www.vmware.com/resources/resource-center?product[]=VCF%20Private%20AI%20Services)

## Also of Interest

- [What is Private AI?](https://www.vmware.com/topics/private-ai)
- [What is Bot Management?](https://www.vmware.com/topics/bot-management)
- [Why Private Cloud](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-infrastructure/why-private-cloud)
