diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9a2030fc..9ba03153 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ name = "lightspeed-stack"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "LLM tooling stack"
 authors = []
-dependencies = []
 requires-python = ">=3.11.1,<=3.12.10"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+dependencies = [
+    "fastapi>=0.115.6",
+    "uvicorn>=0.32.1",
+]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/lightspeed-core/lightspeed-stack"
@@ -19,3 +22,6 @@ distribution = true
 dev = [
     "black>=25.1.0"
     ]
+
+[tool.pdm.scripts]
+start = "pdm run make run"
diff --git a/src/app/__init__.py b/src/app/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c4860b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""REST API service based on FastAPI."""
diff --git a/src/app/endpoints/info.py b/src/app/endpoints/info.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b843f683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/endpoints/info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""Handler for REST API call to provide info."""
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Request
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+router = APIRouter(tags=["info"])
+
+
+@router.get("/info")
+def info_endpoint_handler(request: Request) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "foo": 1,
+        "bar": 2,
+    }
diff --git a/src/app/main.py b/src/app/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..607d3413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Response
+from app import routers
+import version
+
+app = FastAPI(
+    title="Swagger service - OpenAPI",
+    description=f" service API specification.",
+    version=version.__version__,
+    license_info={
+        "name": "Apache 2.0",
+        "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html",
+    },
+)
+
+routers.include_routers(app)
diff --git a/src/app/routers.py b/src/app/routers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f071347c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/routers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""REST API routers."""
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+from app.endpoints import (
+    info,
+)
+
+
+def include_routers(app: FastAPI) -> None:
+    """Include FastAPI routers for different endpoints.
+
+    Args:
+        app: The `FastAPI` app instance.
+    """
+    app.include_router(info.router, prefix="/v1")
diff --git a/src/lightspeed-stack.py b/src/lightspeed-stack.py
index 478915ff..33414c24 100644
--- a/src/lightspeed-stack.py
+++ b/src/lightspeed-stack.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 """Lightspeed stack."""
 
+from runners.uvicorn import start_uvicorn
+import version
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("Lightspeed stack")
+    start_uvicorn()
diff --git a/src/runners/uvicorn.py b/src/runners/uvicorn.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fde90d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runners/uvicorn.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""Uvicorn runner."""
+
+import logging
+
+import uvicorn
+
+logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def start_uvicorn() -> None:
+    """Start Uvicorn-based REST API service."""
+    logger.info("Starting Uvicorn")
+
+    host = "localhost"
+    port = 8080
+    workers = 1
+
+    uvicorn.run(
+        "app.main:app",
+        host=host,
+        port=port,
+        workers=workers,
+    )
diff --git a/src/version.py b/src/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19242fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"""Service version that is read by project manager tools."""
+
+# this should be the only version value used in all source codes!!!
+__version__ = "0.0.1"