# Connecting a workspace to external LLM using API

**URL:** <https://community.pickaxe.co/t/connecting-a-workspace-to-external-llm-using-api/7746>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 10, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/connecting-a-workspace-to-external-llm-using-api/7746 "2025-12-10T15:23:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/connecting-a-workspace-to-external-llm-using-api/7746/2 "2025-12-10T21:04:00Z")

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Hi Ravit,

This is a great question. We have started to roll back BYOK support as you can [see here](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-pickaxe-credit-system-is-live/7391/49), but that does put you in a tough position because it’d have been easier to use your client’s API keys. We have a solution coming in our next big update for this, but the short term solution would be to have your clients make Pickaxe accounts to allow for billing through us. Is there a reason that isn’t possible?

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