Lightning's New AI Hub Makes DeepSeek R1 available for Secure Deployment on Private Enterprise Clouds

No-Code APIs to Deploy AI Models, Systems, and Private Containers with Zero Setup

Deploy AI models and systems as APIs with zero setup, enterprise-grade reliability, and security.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightning AI, the company behind PyTorch Lightning and Lightning Studios the AI development platform, today announced the launch of Lightning AI Hub, a platform for deploying enterprise AI applications via no-code APIs that scale automatically with zero setup. Unlike traditional AI solutions that require weeks of integration, the AI Hub delivers fully operational, industry-specific AI instantly, without the complexity of building AI systems from scratch - to help enterprises move beyond the POC stage of AI.

With the AI Hub, Lightning makes available DeepSeek-R1 for private enterprise deployments. DeepSeek is a high-performance AI model that matches leading private models while offering secure, private deployment at a fraction of the cost. Unlike other providers that store customer data externally, Lightning can run DeepSeek-R1 entirely within private VPCs on AWS and Google Cloud, ensuring all data stays on-premises. AI Hub APIs can scale to zero to save on costs and up when demand spikes. Enterprises and developers can now deploy the latest models and scalable AI systems with full control over their data and uptime SLA.

For companies with in-house models, the AI Hub enables seamless deployment of custom containers on private infrastructure. "Companies can have DeepSeek-R1 or their own models running fully on-prem in their AWS VPC within hours," said William Falcon, founder and CEO of Lightning AI. "We know it sounds too good to be true, but we've spent over five years developing this technology, helping thousands of enterprises like Cisco deploy AI fully on-prem."

One Subscription, All AI Capabilities

The AI Hub is free for all 250k+ Lightning AI users, included in their platform subscription, which also features Lightning AI Studio - a collaborative cloud environment for prototyping on GPUs like H100s, and doing tasks like fine-tuning models, hosting AI web apps, and scaling data processing - all in a single platform.

"Lightning is the first true end-to-end AI platform where everything is included in one subscription," said Falcon. "Traditionally, companies have had to buy 18+ standalone tools and stitch them together into a fragile, hard-to-maintain ML platform. Lightning eliminates that overhead, so AI teams can focus on delivering solutions instead of managing infrastructure."

Moving enterprises beyond experimentation phase

Many companies' AI strategies get stuck in proof-of-concept (POC) mode, buying flashy AI demos that never scale. Lightning AI Hub changes that, delivering ready-to-deploy AI systems for instant production use - with enterprise-grade reliability, monitoring, and scalability for applications like sales, marketing, customer service, and image background removal - ensuring AI adoption goes beyond experimentation.

"While other AI companies offer only models, AI Hub provides complete AI systems," said William Falcon, founder and CEO of Lightning AI. "It's the difference between selling an engine versus delivering a fully built car - our approach ensures enterprises can actually drive AI adoption forward, not just experiment with it."

AI Hub is part of the Lightning platform, which offers pay-as-you-go pricing with 15 free credits per month (equivalent to 22 free GPU hours). Developers can purchase additional compute credits as needed or upgrade to enterprise tiers for SOC 2, HIPAA compliance, and fully secure enterprise deployments.

About Lightning AI

Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning, the deep learning framework of choice for developers and enterprises building AI products. Its flagship product, Lightning AI Studio, streamlines AI development and accelerates the experimentation phase. AI Hub then takes those experiments into production, enabling seamless deployment of scalable, enterprise-grade AI systems.

For more information, visit: https://www.lightning.ai/.

SOURCE Lightning AI