Honest answers over hopeful ones
We'll tell you when AI is the wrong tool, when off-the-shelf beats custom, and when the right move is to wait six months.
About
A decade of security-first engineering, now pointed at AI.
Provi.ai is the AI practice of Providentia Technology Solutions, founded in 2016 in Fort Worth, Texas. We didn't start as an AI shop. We started by securing infrastructure for regulated industries, and we built our way to AI because our customers needed someone who could ship it without trading away their compliance posture.
What we believe
Four principles, one practice.
Senior engineers on the keyboard
No layered staffing pyramid. The engineer scoping your work is the engineer building it - and they've shipped to production before.
Trust signals you can verify
100% US-citizen workforce. Annual security briefings. Monthly training. We hold ourselves to the same standard regulated industries require of vendors entering their boundary.
Audit-ready by default
Every system we ship can answer 'who did what, when' on first ask. Compliance isn't a phase - it's how engineering works here.
The arc
How we got here.
- 2016
Founded as Providentia Technology Solutions
MSP launched in Fort Worth. Managed IT, security operations, cloud migrations from day one.
- 2019
Federal & regulated industry expansion
Built compliance practice - CMMC, HIPAA, CJIS, PCI DSS, SOC 2. Established 100% US-citizen engineering posture.
- 2022
First sovereign LLM deployments
Stood up early air-gapped RAG stacks for regulated customers as foundation models matured.
- 2025
Rebrand to Provi.ai
Consolidated around AI consulting and sovereign deployments. The MSP discipline didn't go anywhere - it became the foundation.
Leadership
Senior engineers on the keyboard.
Engineering bench
The team you'll actually work with.
We don't run a staffing pyramid. Every engineer on a Provi engagement is a full-time US-citizen employee with annual security briefings - the same standard regulated industries require of any vendor entering their boundary. No offshore subcontracting. No layered billing.
- US citizenship
- Annual briefings
- Monthly training
- No offshore work
Compliance posture
Aligned to NIST CSF 2.0, experienced across five frameworks.
We are not an audit firm. We are an engineering firm that knows how to build systems that pass audits - and how to hand them off to your reviewers without a fight.
NIST CSF 2.0
CMMC
HIPAA
CJIS
PCI DSS
SOC 2
Why teams choose Provi
A decade of incident-grade discipline, now pointed at AI.
We were running compliance audits and security operations for regulated customers years before our first LLM deployment. The rigor is older than the practice - and it's what makes the air-gap claim defensible.
9+
Years in business
Founded in 2016 as Providentia Technology Solutions. We didn't pivot into security — we built on it.
100%
US-citizen engineers
Annual security briefings. Monthly training. No offshore contractors. The same standard regulated industries already require.
5
Compliance frameworks
Implementation experience across CMMC, HIPAA, CJIS, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 — the same rigor applied to every AI engagement.
The honest answer
We will tell you when AI is the wrong answer.
The fastest way to lose a customer's trust is to ship them a chatbot they didn't need. Some workflows need automation, not intelligence - and some need neither. We'll find the projects that actually pay back, and we'll be candid about the ones that won't.
Not a fit if
We'll save us both the call.
- You want a chatbot demo for the board next week - hire an intern.
- The executive sponsor isn't the budget owner. We've watched too many engagements die on that disconnect.
- You want a model deployed without an eval - we won't ship what we can't measure.
Ready to find your highest-leverage AI project?
Book a 30-minute strategy call. We'll ask sharp questions, give you our honest read, and tell you whether we're the right team for the work.
Accepting new engagements
Free 30-minute first call NDA-ready