diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/async_llm.py b/vllm/v1/engine/async_llm.py
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+import asyncio
+from typing import AsyncGenerator, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Type, Union
+
+from vllm.config import EngineConfig, ModelConfig
+from vllm.engine.arg_utils import AsyncEngineArgs
+from vllm.engine.metrics_types import StatLoggerBase
+from vllm.inputs import INPUT_REGISTRY, InputRegistry, PromptType
+from vllm.logger import init_logger
+from vllm.lora.request import LoRARequest
+from vllm.outputs import EmbeddingRequestOutput, RequestOutput
+from vllm.pooling_params import PoolingParams
+from vllm.prompt_adapter.request import PromptAdapterRequest
+from vllm.sampling_params import SamplingParams
+from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer import AnyTokenizer
+from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer_group import init_tokenizer_from_configs
+from vllm.usage.usage_lib import UsageContext
+from vllm.v1.engine.async_stream import AsyncStream
+from vllm.v1.engine.core_client import EngineCoreClient
+from vllm.v1.engine.detokenizer import Detokenizer
+from vllm.v1.engine.processor import Processor
+from vllm.v1.executor.gpu_executor import GPUExecutor
+
+logger = init_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class AsyncLLM:
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        vllm_config: EngineConfig,
+        executor_class: Type[GPUExecutor],
+        log_stats: bool,
+        usage_context: UsageContext = UsageContext.ENGINE_CONTEXT,
+        stat_loggers: Optional[Dict[str, StatLoggerBase]] = None,
+        input_registry: InputRegistry = INPUT_REGISTRY,
+        use_cached_outputs: bool = False,
+        log_requests: bool = True,
+        start_engine_loop: bool = True,
+    ) -> None:
+        assert start_engine_loop
+
+        self.log_requests = log_requests
+        self.log_stats = log_stats
+        self.stat_loggers = stat_loggers
+        self.model_config = vllm_config.model_config
+        self.errored = False
+
+        # Tokenizer (+ ensure liveness if running in another process).
+        self.tokenizer = init_tokenizer_from_configs(
+            model_config=vllm_config.model_config,
+            scheduler_config=vllm_config.scheduler_config,
+            parallel_config=vllm_config.parallel_config,
+            enable_lora=bool(vllm_config.lora_config))
+        self.tokenizer.ping()
+
+        # Processor (converts Inputs --> EngineCoreRequests)
+        self.processor = Processor(vllm_config.model_config,
+                                   vllm_config.lora_config, self.tokenizer,
+                                   input_registry)
+
+        # Detokenizer (converts EngineCoreOutputs --> RequestOutput)
+        self.detokenizer = Detokenizer(vllm_config.model_config.tokenizer,
+                                       stream_mode=True)
+
+        # EngineCore (starts the engine in background process).
+        self.engine_core = EngineCoreClient(
+            vllm_config=vllm_config,
+            executor_class=executor_class,
+            usage_context=usage_context,
+            multiprocess_mode=True,
+            asyncio_mode=True,
+        )
+
+        # TODO: add background loop shielding
+        # TODO: add AsyncEngineDeadError
+
+        self.is_output_handler_running = False
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_engine_args(
+        cls,
+        engine_args: AsyncEngineArgs,
+        engine_config: Optional[EngineConfig] = None,
+        start_engine_loop: bool = True,
+        usage_context: UsageContext = UsageContext.ENGINE_CONTEXT,
+        stat_loggers: Optional[Dict[str, StatLoggerBase]] = None,
+    ) -> "AsyncLLMEngine":
+        """Creates an AsyncLLMEngine from the EngineArgs."""
+
+        # Create the engine configs.
+        if engine_config is None:
+            vllm_config = engine_args.create_engine_config()
+        else:
+            vllm_config = engine_config
+
+        executor_class = cls._get_executor_cls(engine_config)
+
+        # Create the AsyncLLMEngine.
+        return cls(
+            vllm_config=vllm_config,
+            executor_class=executor_class,
+            log_requests=not engine_args.disable_log_requests,
+            log_stats=not engine_args.disable_log_stats,
+            start_engine_loop=start_engine_loop,
+            usage_context=usage_context,
+            stat_loggers=stat_loggers,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_executor_cls(cls, engine_config: EngineConfig):
+        return GPUExecutor
+
+    async def add_request(
+        self,
+        request_id: str,
+        prompt: PromptType,
+        params: Union[SamplingParams, PoolingParams],
+        arrival_time: Optional[float] = None,
+        lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
+        trace_headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
+        prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None,
+        priority: int = 0,
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[RequestOutput, EmbeddingRequestOutput], None]:
+
+        if self.detokenizer.is_request_active(request_id):
+            raise KeyError(f"Request {request_id} already exists.")
+
+        # TODO: handle abort.
+        # IDEA(Nick): we could batch up aborts rather than sending
+        # them individually, so that we send at most one batch of
+        # aborts per step (added to any that we're doing due to
+        # stop string matches for that step)
+        def _abort():
+            pass
+
+        # AsyncStream generator
+        stream = AsyncStream(request_id, _abort)
+
+        # 1) Convert input --> DetokenizerRequest / EngineCoreRequest.
+        detokenizer_req, engine_core_req = self.processor.process_inputs(
+            request_id, prompt, params, arrival_time, lora_request,
+            trace_headers, prompt_adapter_request, priority)
+
+        # 2) Add the request to Detokenizer (this process).
+        self.detokenizer.add_request(detokenizer_req, stream)
+
+        # 3) Add the EngineCoreRequest to EngineCore (separate process).
+        await self.engine_core.add_request_async(engine_core_req)
+
+        logger.debug("Added request %s.", request_id)
+
+        return stream.generator()
+
+    # TODO: we should support multiple prompts in one call, as you
+    # can do with LLM.generate. So that for multi-prompt completion
+    # requests we don't need to send multiple messages to core proc,
+    # and so we don't need multiple streams which then get
+    # re-multiplexed in the API server anyhow.
+    async def generate(
+        self,
+        prompt: PromptType,
+        sampling_params: SamplingParams,
+        request_id: str,
+        lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
+        trace_headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
+        prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None,
+        priority: int = 0,
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[RequestOutput, None]:
+
+        # We start the output_handler on the first call to generate() so that
+        # we can call __init__ before the event loop starts, which enables us
+        # to handle startup failure gracefully in the OpenAI server.
+        if not self.is_output_handler_running:
+            self.output_handler = asyncio.create_task(
+                self._run_output_handler())
+            self.is_output_handler_running = True
+
+        async for output in await self.add_request(
+                request_id,
+                prompt,
+                sampling_params,
+                lora_request=lora_request,
+                trace_headers=trace_headers,
+                prompt_adapter_request=prompt_adapter_request,
+                priority=priority,
+        ):
+            yield output
+
+    async def _run_output_handler(self):
+        # TODO: add weakref from current AsyncLLMEngine
+        # TODO: shutdown remote worker execution loop
+
+        logger.debug("Starting output handler busy loop in background loop.")
+
+        try:
+            while True:
+                outputs = await self.engine_core.get_output_async()
+
+                # Make RequestOutputs and push to the per-client output queues
+                # NOTE: we could simplify the Detokenizer code by returning full
+                # List[RequestOutput] rather than pushing to the Queue at the
+                # expense of doing another loop through List[RequestOutput].
+                _to_abort = self.detokenizer.step_streaming(outputs)
+
+                # TODO: send aborts (in one message)
+        except BaseException as e:
+            logger.error(e)
+
+    # TODO: can we eliminate these (used by OpenAI server)
+
+    async def get_model_config(self) -> ModelConfig:
+        """Gets the model configuration."""
+        return self.model_config
+
+    async def get_tokenizer(
+        self,
+        lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
+    ) -> AnyTokenizer:
+        assert lora_request is None
+        return self.detokenizer.tokenizer
+
+    async def is_tracing_enabled(self) -> bool:
+        return False
+
+
+# Retain V0 name for backwards compatibility.
+AsyncLLMEngine = AsyncLLM
diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/async_stream.py b/vllm/v1/engine/async_stream.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/async_stream.py
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+import asyncio
+from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Callable, Optional, Type, Union
+from vllm.outputs import EmbeddingRequestOutput, RequestOutput
+
+
+class AsyncStream:
+    """A stream of RequestOutputs or EmbeddingRequestOutputs for a request
+    that can be iterated over asynchronously via an async generator."""
+
+    STOP_ITERATION = Exception()  # Sentinel
+
+    def __init__(self, request_id: str, cancel: Callable[[str], None]) -> None:
+        self.request_id = request_id
+        self._cancel = cancel
+        self._queue: asyncio.Queue = asyncio.Queue()
+        self._finished = False
+
+    def put(self, item: Union[RequestOutput, EmbeddingRequestOutput,
+                              Exception]) -> None:
+        if not self._finished:
+            self._queue.put_nowait(item)
+
+    def finish(
+        self,
+        exception: Optional[Union[BaseException, Type[BaseException]]] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        if not self._finished:
+            self._finished = True
+            self._queue.put_nowait(exception if self._is_raisable(exception)
+                                   else AsyncStream.STOP_ITERATION)
+
+    @property
+    def finished(self) -> bool:
+        return self._finished
+
+    async def generator(
+        self
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[RequestOutput, EmbeddingRequestOutput], None]:
+        try:
+            while True:
+                result = await self._queue.get()
+                if self._is_raisable(result):
+                    if result == AsyncStream.STOP_ITERATION:
+                        return
+                    raise result
+                yield result
+        except GeneratorExit:
+            self._cancel(self.request_id)
+            raise asyncio.CancelledError from None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_raisable(value: Any):
+        return isinstance(value, BaseException) or \
+                (isinstance(value, type) and \
+                 issubclass(value, BaseException))