Overview
Adopt AI Quickly, Safely and with Confidence
Your team wants AI. Without proper foundations, they'll find a way to use it anyway — outside your security boundary, outside your budget, and outside your control. AI LaunchPad closes that gap fast, giving your organisation a governed, private AI environment they'll actually use.
Delivered in two pathways — one for business productivity, one for developer-led AI — AI LaunchPad provides secure AWS-based foundations, best-practice controls, and guided onboarding that help you turn AI ambition into real value, fast.
AI LaunchPad for Quick
Private, governed AI for business teams
AI LaunchPad for Quick gives your business a secure, private AWS environment for AI — set up correctly from day one, with guided onboarding that gets your team using it productively from the start.
A private, governed AI environment — A secure environment built inside your AWS account with identity, access, guardrails and cost controls configured to best-practice standards. Connected to your business data — Connections to your data sources — like SharePoint — so your AI works with real business context, not generic responses. Your first workflow, up and running — A guided onboarding session focused on building your first high-impact workflow, so your team sees real value from day one.
AI LaunchPad for Bedrock
Access the world's best AI models — securely, cost-effectively and with confidence
Amazon Bedrock gives you access to Claude, GPT-5.5, Llama, DeepSeek and more through a single platform — your data stays within your AWS security boundary, costs are consolidated into one bill, and you can switch or combine models without re-engineering. AI LaunchPad for Bedrock gives your organisation this environment configured correctly from the start.
IAM policies, SSO integration, and security guardrails — configured in your AWS account so your data never leaves your security boundary. Your conversations with AI are never shared with model providers or used to make their products better.
Bedrock Guardrails — configured to block harmful content, detect hallucinations, and redact sensitive information.
Usage monitoring dashboards, spending alerts, and budget guardrails — so you get AI capabilities without budget surprises.
Model selection guidance and access configuration — with credential management across your chosen Bedrock models, plus AgentCore for building AI agents.
A guided onboarding session — with your development team and documented patterns for extending access.
Benefits
AI LaunchPad removes the complexity and risk of AI adoption, giving your teams early wins and a governed foundation to scale as your ambitions grow.
Your data stays yours A fully private environment means no company data leaves your AWS account — eliminating the risks of public AI tools and meeting compliance requirements without slowing your team down.
Stay ahead of shadow AI Governed access before your team finds ungoverned workarounds — data, costs and compliance stay in your control. Staff are already using public tools with company data; AI LaunchPad closes that gap.
Predictable AI costs Spending guardrails and consolidated billing mean you invest in capability, not surprises — with clear visibility of what you're spending and why.
Real value, fast Ready-made foundations and guided onboarding mean your team builds its first working workflow quickly, with early wins that build momentum. Developers build from day one — not spending weeks on IAM policies and credential chains.
A foundation that grows with you Start with one team or use case. The environment is built to expand — adding models, users, and applications as your confidence grows. One platform. Multiple models. Full control.
Highlights
- Two pathways, one governed foundation — AI LaunchPad for Quick delivers private AI for business teams with connected data sources and workflow onboarding. AI LaunchPad for Bedrock provides developers with governed access to Claude, Llama, DeepSeek and more — with Guardrails, cost controls, and expert setup. Both are built inside your AWS account with zero external access.
- Shadow AI prevention from day one — your team wants AI and will find a way to use it with or without you. AI LaunchPad gives them a governed, secure alternative that's better than public tools — keeping data, costs, and compliance in your control while enabling productivity and innovation.
- Expert setup, immediate productivity — delivered by AWS-certified experts with guided onboarding focused on your first working use case or workflow. Your team starts building from day one, not configuring. Optional professional services available for scaling beyond the initial setup — custom apps, data engineering, integrations, or ongoing managed support through CloudSure.
Details
Introducing multi-product solutions
You can now purchase comprehensive solutions tailored to use cases and industries.
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AI LaunchPad is delivered as a fixed-scope engagement with predictable costs — so your AI budget goes on building, not planning.
Getting started Contact Zen's team to schedule a pre-engagement discovery call where we understand your AI goals, identify the right pathway (Quick or Bedrock), and confirm scope.
During the engagement Expert setup and configuration of your governed AI environment, followed by a guided onboarding session focused on your first working use case or workflow.
Post-engagement AI LaunchPad connects into Zen's broader AI services — AI Sprint for production-grade AI solutions, DataReady for AI for data infrastructure, or CloudSure for ongoing managed support. LaunchPad is designed as a foundation to grow from, not a one-off transaction.
As an AWS Advanced Services Partner, Zen has been helping UK businesses adopt new technology for nearly 30 years. Independent, B Corp-certified, with no sales commissions — our advice is always in your interest, not ours.
Contact: aws@zen.co.uk