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LlamaIndex Development · Cambridge

LlamaIndex Development in Cambridge

Building retrieval systems on LlamaIndex for Cambridge organisations, where the index is the product. A capable model given the wrong three paragraphs will answer confidently and wrongly, so how documents are split, enriched and ranked determines quality far more than which model sits at the end of the pipeline.

Why this comes up

The problem

The system retrieves passages that mention the right words and miss the passage that actually answers the question.

What you get

What we deliver

  • Chunking designed around document structure rather than a fixed character count
  • Metadata attached at ingestion so retrieval can filter as well as match
  • Hybrid retrieval where keyword and semantic search each cover the other's gaps
  • Reranking applied when the first pass returns plausible but unhelpful passages
  • Source attribution returned, so answers can be checked against the document
  • Ingestion built to re-run, because documents change and indexes go stale

Want this scoped for your business in Cambridge?

Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what llamaindex development would actually involve — whether or not you use us.

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Working in Cambridge

East of England

Cambridge has the densest deep-tech and biotech cluster in the country, so briefs here are frequently technical from the first conversation and the interesting problems are rarely the obvious ones.

Deep-tech and biotech clients bring genuinely technical briefs, often involving data pipelines, instrumentation or research tooling.

Sectors we work with in Cambridge

  • Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Research
  • Higher Education
  • Biotech

What we work with

Technologies and platforms

  • LlamaIndex
  • Python
  • pgvector
  • Claude API

Who we work with

Industries we serve

  • Professional services
  • Legal services
  • Financial services
  • Healthcare
  • Technology companies

Why us

Why Cambridge businesses choose Asionis

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

How we work

  1. Step 1

    Free consultation

    A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.

  2. Step 2

    Proposal

    Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.

  3. Step 3

    Build

    Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.

  4. Step 4

    Launch and support

    We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.

LlamaIndex Development in Cambridge — common questions

Why does chunking matter so much?
Because it decides what can be retrieved together. Splitting on a character count cuts tables in half and separates a heading from the paragraph it governs, so the retrieved fragment lacks the context that made it meaningful in the document.
What does metadata add?
The ability to narrow before matching. Document type, date, department and status let a query about current policy exclude superseded versions entirely, which solves a class of wrong answer that no amount of better semantic matching will fix.
Is semantic search enough on its own?
Usually not. It handles paraphrasing well and struggles with exact terms — product codes, names, specific clauses — where keyword matching is precise. Running both and combining the results covers considerably more question types than either alone.
How do we keep the index current?
Treat ingestion as a pipeline that runs, not a task that was done. Source documents change, and an index built once will confidently answer from a version that was superseded months ago — with no signal to the user that it has done so.
Do you work with businesses across Cambridgeshire?
Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout East of England, including Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
What kind of Cambridge businesses do you usually work with?
Deep-tech and biotech clients bring genuinely technical briefs, often involving data pipelines, instrumentation or research tooling. Beyond that we work across Technology, Life Sciences, Research, Higher Education and Biotech.
Do you cover the areas around Cambridge?
Yes — we work throughout East of England, including Norwich, Milton Keynes, London, Northampton. Cambridge is an urban area of roughly 150,000+, and we take on work across the wider Cambridgeshire region rather than the city boundary alone.

Talk to us about LlamaIndex Development in Cambridge

A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

Or reach us directly

07707 771599admin@asionis.com

Leicester, United Kingdom