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Production-grade inference with serverless and on-demand GPUs

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High-performance inference platform serving open-source and custom AI models at global scale, processing 13+ trillion tokens daily at ~180K requests per second. Fireworks AI delivers 1,000+ tokens per second on large models through quantization-aware tuning and adaptive speculation, with serverless, fine-tuning, and dedicated GPU options across text, image, and audio modalities.

Fireworks AI is a high-performance inference platform that serves open-source and custom AI models at optimized speed with global scale. The platform processes over 13 trillion tokens daily at approximately 180,000 requests per second, making it one of the largest independent inference providers in the market. Fireworks solves the challenge of running AI models in production with low latency, high throughput, and reliable uptime, without requiring teams to manage their own GPU infrastructure.

The platform delivers over 1,000 tokens per second on large models through advanced optimization techniques including quantization-aware tuning, adaptive speculation, and a product-model co-design approach. Fireworks supports state-of-the-art open-source models across text, image, and audio modalities, with capabilities for fine-tuning, model customization, and dedicated GPU deployments. Developers get streaming responses with full control over decoding parameters like temperature, top_p, and max_tokens, all through standard HTTP APIs and SDKs. The platform offers flexible pricing across serverless inference, fine-tuning, and on-demand dedicated GPU access.

Fireworks AI serves AI-native companies, enterprise teams, and developers who need production-grade inference with minimal latency and maximum reliability. Common use cases include powering conversational AI products, code generation tools, content creation platforms, and real-time data processing pipelines. The platform has attracted significant enterprise adoption, raising $250 million in Series C funding at a $4 billion valuation. Fireworks is available on Microsoft Azure Foundry and integrates with major cloud ecosystems. It competes with Together AI, Groq, and Replicate in the inference platform market, differentiating itself with raw throughput performance and enterprise-grade reliability.

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