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LLM Orchestration

LLM orchestration refers to the tooling and patterns used to coordinate large language models with tools, data sources, workflows, and guardrails so they can reliably power complex applications. It matters because production AI systems typically require chaining multiple model calls, integrating with external systems, enforcing safety and compliance, and handling errors and retries—capabilities that raw LLM APIs do not provide on their own.

Key Features

  • •Prompt and workflow management for multi-step LLM calls
  • •Tool and API calling to let LLMs interact with external systems and data
  • •Context management, including retrieval from vector databases and long-term memory
  • •Guardrails, policy enforcement, and safety checks around LLM inputs and outputs
  • •Observability, logging, and tracing of LLM requests and agent behavior
  • •Scalability features such as concurrency control, caching, and rate limiting
  • •Integration with MLOps, CI/CD, and workflow orchestration platforms

Use Cases

  • •AI agents for financial crime and AML alert reviews
  • •Safety and compliance layers for AI agents in hazardous industries like mining and energy
  • •Customer support copilots that orchestrate multiple tools and knowledge bases
  • •Document processing and RAG pipelines that combine LLMs with vector databases and storage
  • •Enterprise AI assistants that coordinate across internal systems (CRM, ticketing, data warehouses)
  • •Evaluation and A/B testing frameworks for different LLMs and prompts

Adoption

Market Stage
Early Adopters

Funding

Alternatives

LangChain

LLM Orchestration Framework

Popular open-source Python/JS framework focused on building LLM-powered applications with chains, agents, and integrations.

Large ecosystem of integrationsActive community and documentation

LlamaIndex

LLM Data Framework

Focuses on data-centric orchestration, especially retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) over heterogeneous data sources.

Strong RAG abstractionsConnectors to many data sources

Microsoft Semantic Kernel

LLM Orchestration SDK

SDK from Microsoft for orchestrating AI plugins, prompts, and planners across .NET, Python, and Java.

Tight integration with Azure OpenAI and Microsoft stackMulti-language support

OpenAI Assistants / Tools APIs

Hosted LLM Orchestration

Managed orchestration features (tools, retrieval, threads) built directly into OpenAI’s API.

Fully managed infrastructureDeep integration with OpenAI models

Haystack

LLM Orchestration and RAG Framework

Open-source framework focused on search, RAG, and pipelines for production QA systems.

Production-ready RAG pipelinesGood Elasticsearch/OpenSearch integration

Industries

Financial ServicesMiningEnergyEnterprise SoftwareCustomer Support