ABOUT SLLAM
We believe AI should be owned, not rented.
OUR THESIS
The future of applied AI isn't centralized in a few hyperscaler datacenters. It's distributed. Personal. Sovereign.
Every business will have their own AI — not a subscription to someone else's. Intelligence that knows their business, trained on their data, running on their terms.
We call it Active Intelligence: capable of real work, running on infrastructure you control.
SLLAM exists to make this future accessible today.
OUR TEAM
AL MULLER
Founder
Al has spent over a decade building AI infrastructure for enterprises. After watching companies struggle with vendor lock-in, data privacy concerns, and unpredictable API costs, he founded SLLAM to give businesses a different path: AI ownership.
Previously, Al built AI systems at scale for financial services and healthcare companies, always fighting the tension between capability and control. SLLAM is his answer to that tension — proving that you don't have to choose between powerful AI and data sovereignty.
Space for additional team members as the company grows
SAN DIEGO ROOTS
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We're not in Silicon Valley, and that's intentional.
San Diego is home to world-class engineering talent, a thriving business community, and some of the best datacenter infrastructure in the country.
Our infrastructure runs at ScaleMatrix, a Tier 3 facility right here in San Diego. When you work with SLLAM, you're working with people you can meet in person.
No remote-first startup culture. No "our team is distributed across three continents." We're here, in San Diego, and so is your AI infrastructure.
This isn't about being anti-technology or anti-remote work. It's about trust. When you're trusting someone with your business-critical AI infrastructure, wouldn't you rather work with people you can have coffee with?
OUR VALUES
OWNERSHIP
You own your AI, your data, your future.
Not just license terms on a contract. Real ownership. Your models, your infrastructure, your configurations. If you want to take everything in-house or switch providers, everything is yours to take.
TRANSPARENCY
No hidden fees. No lock-in. No surprises. Ever.
Upfront pricing with no usage-based gotchas. Open-source models you can audit. Infrastructure you can visit. Documentation you can read. What you see is what you get.
PARTNERSHIP
We succeed when you succeed. Simple as that.
We're not trying to extract maximum revenue per customer. We're trying to build long-term relationships with businesses who value AI ownership. Your success is our business model.
WHY "ACTIVE INTELLIGENCE"?
Most people call it "Artificial Intelligence." We think differently.
When intelligence manages your infrastructure, writes production code, and completes real work—there's nothing artificial about it.
The results are real. The decisions are real. The value is real.
We call it Active Intelligence because what matters isn't the label—it's whether it acts on your behalf.
Intelligence that remembers your context, uses your tools, and completes your tasks. Not sitting idle in a data center waiting for prompts—actively working to get things done.
That's why we're building SLLAM: to make Active Intelligence accessible to businesses who refuse to rent their capabilities from someone else.