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AI InfrastructureintermediateSep 6, 20269 min read

Multi-Model Routing: The Highest-ROI Pattern in Your Agentic Stack

Learn how routing across multiple LLM providers cuts costs 40-85% while maintaining quality, with concrete patterns for static rules, classifiers, embeddings, and hybrid approaches.

#model-routing #cost-optimization #multi-provider #agentic-ai #llm-inference #hybrid-routing

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AI StrategyintermediateSep 2, 20269 min read

Production Agentic AI: Lessons from 83% Cycle-Time Reductions in Claims Processing

The architecture pattern behind production agentic AI isn't about the model. It's about routing cheap models for retrieval and triage, reserving frontier models only for reasoning-critical paths.

#agentic-ai #model-routing #cost-optimization #production-ai #ai-architecture

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