Boutique AI

Boutique AI names a firm model, not a model architecture. In practice it means a small specialist AI consultancy, often founder-led or staffed mainly by senior engineers, that takes on fewer clients and stays close to the build. That sits opposite a large multi-practice firm that sells AI as one offering among many.

Buyers reach for the term when they want depth on agents, RAG, or LLM systems without commissioning a broad transformation programme. Whether that model beats a large consultancy is a separate decision. Vstorm's comparison of boutique AI consulting firms and large consultancies covers pricing and service shape for that call.

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