FlowX.AI case study: AI-assisted application modernization using Vertex AI and Kubernetes Engine
FlowX. AI builds an AI-powered application modernization platform for global financial institutions. The company uses Google Cloud to scale R&D, prototype AI-assisted features, and create secure single-tenant environments for developing and testing customer functionality.
Reported outcomes
−50%
costCost savings
Strategic outcomes
Catalog median for cost savings deployments: −45% across 345 reported metrics. Compare benchmarks →
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Use case focus
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- 1Application modernization
- 2AI-assisted development
- 3Machine learning prototyping
- Modernizing complex legacy enterprise platforms with faster, cost-effective R&D cycles.
- Enabling AI-powered natural-language building, documentation, recommendations, and support while experimenting with large language models in controlled environments.
- FlowX prototyped on Google Kubernetes Engine to create isolated, quickly provisioned development environments.
- The company used Vertex AI to test and fine-tune machine learning algorithms before going live.
- It also layered AI over open-source LLMs in secure single-tenant environments to support natural-language interaction and feature optimization.
- Google Workspace was used for email and account management.
- Creates fully provisioned development environments in about five minutes.
- Rolls out hot fixes in under two hours.
- Saved 50% of cloud bills through Google Kubernetes Engine autoscaling.
- Scaled from around 100 workloads to 700 workloads across R&D environments.
Architecture
FlowX runs isolated development environments on Google Kubernetes Engine and uses autoscaling to adjust usage. The company uses Vertex AI to test and fine-tune machine learning algorithms before production, and exposes AI-assisted functionality in secure single-tenant environments built around open-source LLMs.
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