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2title: "AI Operations: From Prototype to Production | AppStream Studio"
3description: "Take AI from prototype to production and keep it there: secure architecture, identity and access, observability, cost monitoring, and ongoing ownership."
4url: https://appstream.studio/solutions/agent-operations
5markdown_url: https://appstream.studio/solutions/agent-operations.md
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7 
81. [Solutions](https://appstream.studio/solutions.md)
92. [Operate](https://appstream.studio/solutions/operate.md)
103. Agent Operations
11 
12Agent Operations
13 
14# The demo worked. Now it has to run every day.
15 
16A prototype on a laptop isn’t a system. Production means real traffic, identity, audit trails, cost control, and someone accountable when it breaks. We take AI the last mile, and stay to run it.
17 
18[Talk to an AI engineer](https://appstream.studio/schedule-a-discovery-call.md) · [Explore Operate](https://appstream.studio/solutions/operate.md)
19 
20[Part of 03 Operate Keep AI working. Agent operations & maintenance](https://appstream.studio/solutions/operate.md)
21 
22Where this sits in the lifecycle
23 
241. [01 Advise](https://appstream.studio/solutions/advise.md)
252. [02 Engineer](https://appstream.studio/solutions/engineer.md)
263. [03 Operate You are here](https://appstream.studio/solutions/operate.md)
27[Govern Runs across all three](https://appstream.studio/solutions/govern.md)
28 
29The problem
30 
31## The pilot runs on a hardcoded API key. Production needs identity, access controls, audit trails, cost management, and a team that knows how to run it.
32 
33- Pilots that work in a demo and stall before launch
34- No security or compliance story for the review board
35- Costs that spike without warning
36- Nobody accountable once it’s live
37 
38How we work
39 
40## Four steps. One team the whole way.
41 
421. 01
43### Assess the prototype
44What has to change to handle real users, real traffic, and real security requirements.
452. 02
46### Build in the controls
47Identity, access, data classification, and audit trails designed for your regulatory environment.
483. 03
49### Deploy with visibility
50Observability, cost tracking, and alerting from the first day in production.
514. 04
52### Run it, or hand it over
53We operate it with named owners, or hand your team the runbooks and training to run it themselves.
54 
55What’s included
56 
57## What agent operations covers. In practice.
58 
59- ### Secure architecture
60Data isolation and infrastructure that scales with demand, not a prototype stretched thin.
61- ### Identity & access controls
62Fine-grained permissions, data classification, and audit trails for regulated environments.
63- ### Cost & usage monitoring
64Spend, usage, and performance tracked in real time, with no surprise bills.
65- ### Compliance-ready
66Designed for SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR from the start, not after an audit finding.
67- ### Operational playbooks
68Runbooks, incident response, and documentation your team can actually use.
69- ### Model lifecycle
70Evaluate, upgrade, and retire models without breaking what depends on them.
71 
72What you can hold us to
73 
74## Commitments. Not marketing ranges.
75 
76The uptime figure is from a named case study; the rest is what the engagement commits to.
77 
78uptime
79 
8099.9%
81 
82On the scheduling platform we run across 100+ clinics
83 
84owners
85 
86Named
87 
88Someone accountable for the system after launch
89 
90who runs it
91 
92Your choice
93 
94We operate it, or your team takes it with runbooks and training
95 
96Go deeper
97 
98## More under Operate, and beyond.
99 
100- [Operate Keep AI working. Own and continuously improve AI systems after they reach production.](https://appstream.studio/solutions/operate.md)
101- [Agent Strategy Know which workflows AI should take on first, before you fund the build.](https://appstream.studio/solutions/agent-strategy.md)
102- [Agent Engineering Agents that do the work inside your systems, not beside them.](https://appstream.studio/solutions/agent-engineering.md)
103- [Agent Knowledge Layer AI is only as good as what it knows about your business.](https://appstream.studio/solutions/agent-knowledge-layer.md)
104- [Forward-deployed engineers However you start, our engineers embed with your team: your Slack, your repo, your standups.](https://appstream.studio/forward-deployed-engineers.md)
105 
106## Bring us your stalled pilot. We’ll get it running.
107 
108Tell us what stopped it shipping: the security review, the cost, or nobody to own it. We’ll tell you what it takes to get it into production and keep it there.
109 
110[Talk to an AI engineer](https://appstream.studio/schedule-a-discovery-call.md) · [See our work](https://appstream.studio/case-studies.md)
111 
112---
113 
114## AppStream Studio
115 
116AppStream turns frontier AI capabilities into production systems that perform real work. Talk to an AI engineer: https://appstream.studio/schedule-a-discovery-call · Email: contact@appstream.studio
117 
118- [Home](https://appstream.studio/index.md)
119- [Solutions](https://appstream.studio/solutions.md)
120- [Advise](https://appstream.studio/solutions/advise.md)
121- [Engineer](https://appstream.studio/solutions/engineer.md)
122- [Operate](https://appstream.studio/solutions/operate.md)
123- [Govern](https://appstream.studio/solutions/govern.md)
124- [How we work](https://appstream.studio/how-we-work.md)
125- [Work (case studies)](https://appstream.studio/case-studies.md)
126- [Industries](https://appstream.studio/industries.md)
127- [Insights](https://appstream.studio/blog.md)
128- [Partners](https://appstream.studio/partners.md)
129- [About](https://appstream.studio/about-us.md)
130- [Contact](https://appstream.studio/contact.md)
131