Sovereign AI · In service
Safe, secure AI for government.
Zara LM is a sovereign artificial intelligence capability built by Phoenix ICT and operated on Australian Government controlled infrastructure, authorised to handle data classified up to Secret and deployed across government.
In service, not conceptual.
Zara LM combines a secure chat client, a retrieval-augmented knowledge layer grounded in curated authoritative sources, and an agentic orchestration layer that carries complex work through to a review-ready draft.
Every output is verified and approved by an accountable officer. The platform is designed to produce a draft that is between 70 and 80 per cent complete, so that human judgement is preserved.
All processing remains inside the accredited boundary. No prompt, document or telemetry leaves the environment.
Three integrated layers.
Zara LM brings together conversational AI, grounded knowledge and orchestrated agents, each layer built and sustained by Phoenix ICT.
Secure chat client
A secure, multi-model conversational interface that lets users work naturally within the accredited boundary.
Retrieval & grounding
Retrieval-augmented generation over curated authoritative knowledge bases, with citation and source attribution on every output.
Agentic orchestration
Task-specialised agents for analysis, briefings, submissions and the organisation and searching of large data sets.
Sovereign, secure and built for government.
Zara LM is a sovereign AI platform built for the Australian Government, deployed on the latest models and technology, secure by design, and trusted to operate at Secret.
Sovereign by design
Australian-built and operated on Australian Government controlled infrastructure, with no reliance on foreign-hosted AI services.
Latest models & technology
Deployed on current-generation AI models and a modern, maintained technology stack that keeps pace with the frontier.
Secure by design
Security built in from the start, with no prompt, document or telemetry leaving the accredited environment.
Flexible hosting
Hosted entirely on-premises in a secure environment, on cloud, or in an air-gapped environment, giving flexibility and security to match the classification.
Secret
Authorised to handle data classified up to and including Secret within a secure, accredited boundary.
Trusted by government
Trusted by the Australian Government for sensitive, consequential work where assurance and provenance matter.
What Zara LM does.
Complex analysis & briefing
Automates the preparation of briefings, submissions, committee material and other high-volume administrative products through configurable, template-driven agents.
Large data set organisation
Organises and searches large data sets, surfacing relevant material and grounding answers in curated source documents.
Modular, scalable architecture
A modular node architecture that scales to over 200,000 users, from a single production node to a multi-node fleet.
Human-in-the-loop assurance
Every output is verified and approved by an accountable officer before it is used: AI accelerates, humans decide.
A proven, five-phase path to full operating capability.
Zara LM is delivered through a structured five-phase program, moving from proof of concept through to full operating capability and long-term sustainment.
Sovereign by design.
Zara LM is authorised to handle data classified up to and including Secret. All processing remains inside the accredited boundary.
- No prompt, document or telemetry leaves the environment
- Operated on Australian Government controlled infrastructure
- Every output verified and approved by an accountable officer
- 70–80% complete drafts preserve human judgement
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