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Large language model development usually means designing, training and fine-tuning your own AI model from scratch — that isn't what Keel does. Keel is a code-first operations platform: Keel Studio uses AI to turn a plain-language description of your business into a production-ready backend in minutes, and from there you build the internal tools, workflows and automation your team needs, all of which you own outright.

LLM stands for Large Language Model — a broad category of AI models trained on large text datasets to understand and generate language. GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a specific family of LLMs developed by OpenAI, so GPT is a type of LLM. Keel doesn't train or fine-tune LLMs itself; its own AI-assisted feature, Keel Studio, uses this kind of technology to generate a production backend for your operations platform from a plain-language description.

Keel doesn't run standalone LLM engagements, so there's no separate LLM timeline to quote. What Keel does deliver fast is your operations platform itself: Keel Studio's AI-assisted schema generation gets you from a plain-language description to a production backend in minutes, and a full custom build—internal tools, workflows, integrations—is typically live in weeks, not months.

Keel doesn't build or train language models, so there's no LLM-specific training-data requirement. What matters for a Keel build is your own operational data—the schema, records and workflows your internal tools will run on—which Keel Studio and the Keel team help you define and structure from the outset.

Keel doesn't build custom LLMs, so there's no model to own in that sense. What you do own, completely, is the operations platform Keel builds for you—the codebase, data model, and infrastructure—with no vendor lock-in. Your team receives a full handover including documentation and access credentials, giving you the freedom to run, modify and evolve the system independently.

Keel is registered with the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO, reference ZB524558) and applies rigorous data governance practices to every engagement. Your data is handled under strict access controls in secure environments, with deny-by-default permissions and a complete audit trail. For clients in regulated industries, Keel architects the data model and deployment environment to support your compliance requirements from day one.

Keel's platform is built for integration from day one: typed JSON, GraphQL and RPC APIs connect your new operations software to your existing internal tools, third-party platforms and data systems, including any AI tools your team already uses. Keel engineers the integration to fit your architecture, rather than replacing what already works.

Keel doesn't deploy standalone LLMs, so support isn't LLM-specific. For your operations platform, Keel offers a Managed Migration Service to transition smoothly from existing systems, and your team retains full ownership post-launch—with the ability to iterate on workflows independently rather than depending on Keel for every change.

No—Keel doesn't design, train or fine-tune large language models, and doesn't hold or own model weights on your behalf. Keel is a code-first operations platform: its own AI-assisted feature, Keel Studio, uses this kind of technology to turn a plain-language description of your business into a production backend in minutes. From there, Keel builds the internal tools, workflows and integrations your operations team needs, which you own outright.

Yes. Keel supports multi-region data residency, so you can choose where your environments are hosted, including in the UK. Keel is also registered with the UK's data protection authority, the ICO (reference ZB524558), and processes data as a UK GDPR processor under the Data Protection Act 2018.

Yes. Keel is Planko Ltd, a UK-registered company based in Altrincham, Cheshire, and billing is in GBP with VAT added. Contact the team directly for a quote based on your project scope.