Gemini & Generative AI on GCP | Google Cloud | Symhas
GCP · Gemini · Vertex AI · RAG · Vector Search · Agent Builder · Enterprise AI
Every Enterprise Is Running a Gemini Proof of Concept.
Symhas Moves It to Production.
Gemini 1.5 Pro in a demo on public documents is not enterprise AI. Enterprise generative AI needs to answer questions on private data the model was not trained on, respect document-level access controls, return traceable citations rather than hallucinations, and run inside the private network without data reaching the public internet. That is a RAG pipeline problem, not a prompt engineering problem.Symhas designs and deploys production Vertex AI generative AI — Gemini via the Vertex AI API with VPC Service Controls, RAG pipelines on BigQuery and Cloud Storage with Vertex AI Vector Search, Agent Builder for multi-turn conversational interfaces, and citation-backed retrieval that gives users sources, not hallucinations.
GeminiVertex AI Gemini API — private deployment with VPC Service Controls and data never on the public internet
CitationsRAG pipeline returning source citations for every answer — no unattributed generated responses
PrivateAll enterprise data processed within the GCP private network — VPC Service Controls enforced
8wkGemini RAG pipeline or Agent Builder deployment — production-ready, fixed price
GCP certified architects available nowActive
GeminiVertex AI Gemini API — accessed privately, enterprise data never reaching the public internet
CitationsEvery RAG answer includes source document citations — hallucinations structurally reduced
PrivateVPC Service Controls preventing enterprise data exfiltration from the GCP perimeter
8wkProduction Gemini RAG pipeline or Agent Builder — fixed price
What We Deliver
Core Capabilities.
Production-Grade on GCP.

Every capability designed, deployed, and documented by Symhas GCP-certified data and AI architects. Fixed price. Production-ready.

RAG Pipeline on Enterprise DataVertex AI Vector Search · Embeddings · Cloud Storage · BigQuery · Citations
Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipeline on private enterprise data — documents chunked and embedded using Vertex AI text embeddings, stored in Vertex AI Vector Search for semantic retrieval, and Gemini generating answers grounded in retrieved document chunks with source citations included in every response.
Document ingestion — Cloud Storage documents chunked, embedded via Vertex AI text-embedding-004
Vertex AI Vector Search — managed vector database storing document embeddings for semantic similarity search
Retrieval pipeline — query embedding matched against vector index, top-k chunks retrieved
Gemini generation — retrieved chunks provided as context, Gemini generates grounded response with citations
BigQuery integration — structured data from BigQuery available alongside unstructured documents in RAG
Gemini answering questions on private enterprise documents — with source citations, not unattributed generation
Vertex AI Agent Builder & Multi-Turn ConversationsAgent Builder · Grounding · Data Store · Multi-turn · REST API
Vertex AI Agent Builder provides a managed conversational AI platform — data stores connected to Cloud Storage or BigQuery, grounding ensuring responses are based on enterprise data, and a REST API enabling embedding in web applications, portals, and internal tools without building RAG infrastructure from scratch.
Vertex AI Data Store — Cloud Storage or BigQuery content indexed and updated automatically
Vertex AI Search — keyword and semantic hybrid search on enterprise document corpus
Grounding configuration — Gemini responses grounded to data store content, hallucinations suppressed
Conversational agent — multi-turn conversation with context memory and follow-up handling
REST API endpoint — Agent Builder served via REST API for embedding in existing applications
Enterprise search and Q&A on private data — no custom RAG pipeline required for document-heavy use cases
Gemini Fine-Tuning & Model CustomisationSupervised fine-tuning · RLHF · Distillation · Custom · Domain adaptation
Vertex AI supervised fine-tuning adapts Gemini to enterprise-specific terminology, writing style, and response format — domain-specific financial, legal, or technical language responded to with the precision of a fine-tuned model, at lower cost and latency than general-purpose Gemini via RAG alone.
Supervised fine-tuning — Gemini trained on enterprise-curated question-answer pairs
Training dataset curation — question-answer pair collection and quality review process
Fine-tuning evaluation — BLEU, ROUGE, and human evaluation of fine-tuned model quality
Model distillation — smaller, faster model distilled from fine-tuned Gemini for high-volume endpoints
A/B deployment — fine-tuned and base Gemini models compared with traffic splitting on Vertex AI endpoints
Gemini responding in enterprise terminology and format — domain adaptation without general capability loss
Governance, VPC Controls & Data PrivacyVPC Service Controls · CMEK · DLP · Access controls · Audit logging
Production generative AI in regulated environments requires data governance from day one — VPC Service Controls preventing data exfiltration from the GCP project, Customer-Managed Encryption Keys for data at rest, Cloud DLP detecting and redacting PII before it reaches Gemini, and full audit logging of every AI API call.
VPC Service Controls — perimeter restricting Vertex AI and Vector Search to authorised projects
CMEK — Customer-Managed Encryption Keys for all Vector Search index data and model artefacts
Cloud DLP — PII detection and redaction in documents before ingestion into the RAG pipeline
IAM and access controls — role-based access to Agent Builder data stores by department or function
Vertex AI audit logging — every Gemini API call logged in Cloud Audit Logs for compliance review
Generative AI that satisfies information security, legal, and compliance review — built-in, not bolted on
Delivery Model
Assessment to Production.
Fixed Price. Fixed Timeline.

Four phases with go/no-go gates. Scope and price agreed before week one.

01
Use Case Assessment & Architecture DesignWeeks 1–2

Generative AI use case prioritisation. Document corpus assessment — volume, format, update frequency. RAG vs Agent Builder vs fine-tuning selection per use case. VPC Service Controls and data governance design. Architecture approved.

02
Data Ingestion & Vector Index BuildWeeks 3–5

Cloud Storage document corpus ingested. Vertex AI text embeddings generated. Vector Search index built and validated. Cloud DLP configured for PII redaction. CMEK keys provisioned. VPC Service Controls perimeter deployed.

03
RAG Pipeline & Agent DeploymentWeeks 6–7

RAG pipeline end-to-end tested with representative queries. Citation accuracy evaluated. Agent Builder data store connected and conversational agent configured. REST API endpoint deployed and load-tested. User acceptance testing completed.

04
Go-Live & Team CertificationWeek 8

Production RAG pipeline or Agent Builder live. Audit logging active. AI engineering team certified on Vertex AI pipeline management and Vector Search index updates. Symhas moves to advisory.

Financial Services · Gemini RAG Pipeline$25B AUM Asset Manager.
RAG on 12,000 Research Documents. Cited Answers in Under 3 Seconds.

The asset management firm had portfolio managers spending 4–6 hours daily searching through 12,000 internal research documents, analyst reports, and regulatory filings to answer client queries and prepare investment committee materials. Manual search returned keyword matches with no synthesis.

Symhas built a Vertex AI RAG pipeline — 12,000 documents chunked and embedded into Vertex AI Vector Search, Gemini 1.5 Pro generating cited answers from retrieved document chunks, and Agent Builder providing a conversational interface for portfolio managers. Average query response time: 2.8 seconds, with source document links in every answer.

12,000Documents in Vector Search
2.8sAverage query response time
↓70%Research time per query
8wkTo production RAG
Discuss Your Programme
What was delivered

Vertex AI RAG Pipeline — Financial Services Production

Document corpus — 12,000 documents: internal research, analyst reports, regulatory filings, fund prospectuses
Chunking strategy — 512-token chunks with 64-token overlap, 340,000 chunks in Vector Search index
Vertex AI text-embedding-004 — embeddings generated for all 340,000 chunks, 768 dimensions
Vector Search index — approximate nearest neighbour index, top-10 chunk retrieval per query
Gemini 1.5 Pro — grounded generation with source citations, 128K context window for long document handling
VPC Service Controls — all Vertex AI and Vector Search API calls restricted to authorised project, no public internet

“Portfolio managers were spending half their day searching. Now they ask a question in plain English and get an answer with the source documents linked. That is 4 hours of research time returned to every portfolio manager every day.”

— Chief Investment Officer, Global Asset Management Firm

GCP Services Deployed
The Specific GCP Services
We Configure for This Capability.
GCP
Vertex AI Gemini API

Enterprise Gemini access — Gemini 1.5 Pro and Flash via Vertex AI, private VPC endpoint, CMEK.

Vertex AI Gemini API configuration
Model version selection
VPC private endpoint
CMEK encryption
GCP
Vertex AI Vector Search

Managed vector database — document embeddings, approximate nearest neighbour, and real-time index updates.

Index design and build
Embedding dimension configuration
ANN algorithm selection
Real-time index update pipeline
GCP
Vertex AI Text Embeddings

Document embedding — text-embedding-004 generating semantic vectors for RAG retrieval.

Embedding model selection
Batch embedding pipeline
Chunk strategy optimisation
Embedding freshness management
GCP
Vertex AI Agent Builder

Managed conversational AI — data stores, grounding, multi-turn conversation, and REST API.

Data store configuration
Grounding and citation settings
Conversational agent design
REST API endpoint deployment
GCP
Google Cloud DLP

Data loss prevention — PII detection and redaction before document ingestion into the RAG pipeline.

PII infoType configuration
Pre-ingestion scan and redact
DLP findings audit log
Sensitive data classification
GCP
VPC Service Controls

Data exfiltration prevention — Vertex AI and Vector Search APIs restricted to authorised GCP perimeter.

Service perimeter design
Vertex AI and Vector Search in perimeter
Access policy configuration
Audit log for perimeter violations
Why Symhas
GCP Expertise Built from Production Deployments.
Citations Required, Not OptionalRAG pipelines without citation enforcement produce answers indistinguishable from hallucinations in regulated environments. Symhas configures the Gemini system prompt and retrieval pipeline to require source citation for every factual claim — no uncited generation in production.
VPC Service Controls Before Document IngestionConfidential documents indexed into Vertex AI Vector Search without VPC Service Controls are reachable from outside the GCP project. Symhas deploys the VPC Service Controls perimeter before any document is ingested — data governance from the first API call.
Chunk Strategy Tested Against Real QueriesDefault 256-token chunks work for generic RAG demos. Enterprise documents — long regulatory filings, financial models, legal agreements — require different chunk sizes and overlap. Symhas tests chunk strategy against representative production queries before the index is built at scale.
DLP Runs Before Embedding, Not AfterPII embedded into a vector index is expensive to remove and may require index rebuild. Symhas runs Cloud DLP on every document before embedding — PII redacted before it reaches the vector index, not after a data governance review flags it.
Fine-Tuning Evaluated Against RAG Before RecommendationFine-tuning is not always the right answer — RAG provides better recall on large document corpora, fine-tuning provides better format and tone. Symhas evaluates both approaches against the specific use case before recommending either.
AI Engineering Team Certified on Pipeline ManagementBy handover your AI engineering team updates the Vector Search index, adds document sources, and modifies the RAG pipeline independently. Certified before the first production document update.
Next Step
Tell Us What Your Users Are Spending Hours Searching For.
We Will Design the RAG Pipeline That Answers It in Seconds.
A 30-minute Gemini assessment with a Symhas AI architect. We will review your document corpus, use case requirements, and data governance constraints — and design a production RAG architecture before the engagement price is agreed.No commitment. No pitch deck. An honest conversation about your data and AI ambitions.