NetApp + Iterate.ai

Private AI, Deployed in Minutes on NetApp ONTAP

Iterate.ai partners with NetApp to deliver a turnkey, private AI platform that transforms enterprise data into real-time intelligence. Powered by Generate and delivered through AIPod Mini, organizations can deploy secure, agentic AI directly on NetApp ONTAP—without ever exposing their data.

About NetApp

NetApp is a global leader in intelligent data infrastructure, providing enterprise solutions for data storage, cloud services, and data management—enabling organizations to securely manage, protect, and activate their data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Why This Partnership Matters

Enterprises are investing heavily in AI but still struggle to turn stored data into outcomes due to fragmentation between storage and AI systems—an inefficiency NetApp and Iterate.ai solve by bringing secure, private, enterprise-scale AI directly to the data.
Advantages for Enterprise Clients:
  • Private AI by Design: Run AI entirely within your ONTAP environment—no data exposure
  • Faster Time to Value: Deploy AI agents and workflows in minutes, not months
  • Predictable Cost Model: Eliminate per-token cloud costs
  • Enterprise-Grade Governance: Built-in compliance, observability, and control

Generate on NetApp ONTAP: Turnkey Private AI

Generate Enterprise on NetApp ONTAP delivers a turnkey private AI stack in under 20 minutes, transforming ONTAP-stored data—petabytes of unstructured documents, contracts, records, and filings—into real-time intelligence that employees and AI agents can query, analyze, and act on.
No data leaves the perimeter. What This Enables:
  • AI agents that read, reason over, and act on enterprise data
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) powered by live enterprise data
  • Direct access to existing ONTAP data—no migration or ETL required
  • Secure, compliant AI for regulated industries
Generate transforms NetApp ONTAP from passive storage into an active intelligence layer for the enterprise.

AIPod Mini: Private AI, Ready to Deploy

At the center of the partnership is AIPod Mini—a turnkey private AI appliance built on NetApp ONTAP and powered by Generate, delivering a fully integrated, pre-configured stack that takes organizations from bare metal to operational AI in under 20 minutes.

What AIPod Mini Delivers:
  • Turnkey Deployment: Full AI stack installed and configured automatically
  • Built on NetApp ONTAP: Enterprise-grade storage, resilience, and data management
  • No Data Movement: AI runs directly on existing ONTAP data
  • Scalable Configurations: From pilot deployments to enterprise-wide scale
  • Production-Ready Stack: Includes vector databases, orchestration, inference, and monitoring
AIPod Mini makes private AI real, fast, and deployable—without complexity.

Deep Integration with NetApp ONTAP

This partnership is built on deep integration with NetApp ONTAP—ensuring that AI systems are secure, reliable, and enterprise-ready.

Key Integration Benefits:
  • Snapshot-Based AI Ingestion: Build AI knowledge from immutable ONTAP snapshots for consistency and auditability
  • AI-Aware Data Protection: Backup and restore AI environments as native application objects
  • Disaster Recovery for AI: Replicate full AI systems across environments
  • Immutable Audit Trails: Support compliance with SnapLock-backed storage
  • Safe Testing at Scale: Use FlexClone for instant, non-disruptive data replication
These capabilities ensure AI systems are trusted, reproducible, and production-ready.

Enterprise AI in Action

Generate on NetApp ONTAP enables real-world use cases across industries:
  • Healthcare: Claims processing, audit automation, and revenue optimization
  • SLED: Permit processing, grant management, and citizen services
  • Financial Services: Underwriting, compliance reporting, and claims triage
  • Enterprise IT: Knowledge management, incident response, and vendor analysis
AI agents don’t just answer questions—they produce dashboards, reports, and actionable insights teams can use immediately.

Advantages for the Customer

A Flywheel for AI Growth
By enabling successful private AI deployments on NetApp ONTAP, this partnership creates a continuous cycle of value:
  • Scale with Demand: AI workloads grow seamlessly with infrastructure
  • Maximize Data Value: Turn existing data into ongoing insights and automation
  • Expand Across the Business: Start with targeted use cases and scale organization-wide
  • Future-Ready Platform: Built for continuous AI innovation
Together, NetApp and Iterate.ai deliver a scalable foundation for long-term AI transformation.

The Impact

Together, NetApp and Iterate.ai redefine enterprise AI:
  • From Storage → Intelligence
  • From Data → Decisions
  • From Infrastructure → Outcomes
Organizations can deploy AI that is private, high-performing, and immediately impactful—running directly on NetApp ONTAP.

Looking Ahead

Iterate.ai and NetApp are building the future of data-driven AI infrastructure—where intelligent systems run closer to the data, delivering faster insights, stronger security, and continuous innovation.