Transitioning AI inferencing from the cloud to the edge enhances real-time decision making by bringing data processing closer to data sources. For businesses, this shift significantly reduces latency, directly enhancing user experience by enabling near-instant content delivery and real-time interaction. This article explores edge AI’s business benefits across various industries and applications, emphasizing the importance of immediate data analysis in driving business success.
How Does AI Inference at the Edge Impact Businesses?
Deploying AI models at the edge means that during AI inference, data is processed on-site or near the user, enabling real-time, near-instant data processing and decision making. AI inference is the process of applying a trained model’s knowledge to new, unseen data, becomes significantly more efficient at the edge. Low-latency inference provided by edge AI is essential for businesses that rely on up-to-the-moment data analysis to inform decisions, improve customer experiences, and maintain a competitive edge.
How It Works: Edge vs Cloud
Inference at the edge removes the delays that characterize the transmission of information to distant cloud servers in the traditional model that preceded edge inference. It does so by reducing the physical distance between the device requesting AI inference, and the server where inference is performed. This enables applications to respond to changes or inputs almost instantaneously.
Benefits of AI Inference at the Edge
Shifting to edge AI offers significant benefits for businesses across industries. (In the next section, we’ll look at industry-specific benefits and use cases.)
Real-Time Data Processing
Edge AI transforms business operations by enabling data to be processed almost instantly at or near its source, crucial for sectors where time is of the essence, like gaming, healthcare, and entertainment. This technology dramatically reduces the time lag between data collection and analysis, providing immediate actionable information and allowing businesses to gain real-time insights, make swift decisions, and optimize operations.
Bandwidth Efficiency
By processing data locally, edge AI minimizes the volume of data that needs to be transmitted across networks. This reduction in data transmission alleviates network congestion and improves system performance, critical for environments with high data traffic.
For businesses, this means operations remain uninterrupted and responsive even at peak times and without needing to implement costly network upgrades. This directly translates into tangible financial savings combined with more reliable service delivery for their customers—a win-win scenario from inference at the edge.
Reduced Costs
Edge AI helps businesses minimize the need for frequent data transfers to cloud services, which substantially lowers bandwidth, infrastructure, and storage needs for extensive data management. As a result, this approach makes the entire data-handling process more cost-efficient.
Accessibility and Reliability
Edge AI’s design allows for operation even without consistent internet access by deploying AI applications on local devices, without needing to connect to distant servers. This ensures stable performance and dependability, enabling businesses to maintain high service standards and operational continuity, regardless of geographic or infrastructure constraints.
Enhanced Privacy and Security
Despite spending copious amounts of time and sharing experiences on platforms like TikTok and X, today’s users are increasingly privacy-conscious. There’s good reason for this, as data breaches are on the rise, costing organizations of all sizes millions and compromising individuals’ data. For example, the widely publicized T-Mobile breach in 2022 resulted in $350 million in customer payouts. Companies providing AI-driven capabilities have a strong hold on user engagement and generally promise users control over how models are used, respecting privacy and content ownership. Taking AI data to the edge can contribute to such privacy efforts.
Edge AI’s local data processing means that data analysis can occur directly on the device where data is collected, rather than being sent to remote servers. This proximity significantly reduces the risk of data interception or unauthorized access, as less data is transmitted over networks.
Processing data locally—either on individual devices or a nearby server—makes adherence to privacy regulations and security protocols like GDPR easier. Such regulations require that sensitive data be kept within specific regions. Edge AI achieves this high level of compliance by enabling companies to process data within the same region or country where it’s generated.
For example, a global AI company could have a French user’s data processed by a French edge AI server, and a Californian user’s data processed by a server located in California. This way, the data processing of the two users would automatically adhere to their local laws: the French user’s would be performed in accordance with the European standard GDPR, and the Californian’s according to CCPA and CPRA.
How Edge AI Meets Industries’ Low-Latency Data Processing Needs
While edge AI presents significant advantages across industries, its adoption is more critical in some use cases than others, particularly those that require speed and efficiency to gain and maintain a competitive advantage. Let’s look at some industries where inference at the edge is particularly crucial.
Entertainment
In the entertainment industry, edge AI is allowing providers to offer highly personalized content and interactive features directly to users. It enables significant added value in the form of live sports updates, in-context player information, interactive movie features, real-time user preference analysis, and tailored recommendation generation by optimizing bandwidth usage and cutting out the lag time linked to using remote servers. These capabilities promote enhanced viewer engagement and a more immersive and satisfying entertainment experience.
GenAI
Imagine a company that revolutionizes personalized content by enabling users to generate beautiful, customized images through artificial intelligence, integrating personal elements like pictures they’ve taken of themselves, products, pets, or other personal items. Applications like these already exist.
Today’s users expect immediate responses in their digital interactions. To keep its users engaged and excited, such a company must find ways to meet its users’ expectations or risk losing them to competitors.
The local processing of this entertainment-geared data to prompt image generation tightens its security, as sensitive information doesn’t have to travel over the internet to distant servers. Additionally, by processing user requests directly on devices or nearby servers, edge AI can minimize delays in image generation, making the experience of customizing images fast and allowing for real-time interaction with the application. The result: a deeper, more satisfying connection between users and the technology.
Manufacturing
In manufacturing, edge AI modernizes predictive maintenance and quality control by bringing intelligent processing capabilities right to the factory floor. This allows for real-time monitoring of equipment, leveraging advanced machine vision and the continuous and detailed analysis of vibration, temperature, and acoustic data from machinery to detect quality deviations. The practical impact is a reduction in defects and reduction in downtime via predictive maintenance. Inference at the edge allows the real-time response that’s required for this.
Major companies have already adopted edge AI in this way. For instance, Procter & Gamble’s chemical mix tanks are monitored by edge AI solutions that immediately notify floor managers of quality deviations, preventing flawed products from continuing down the manufacturing line. Similarly, BMW employs a combination of edge computing and AI to achieve a real-time overview of its assembly lines, ensuring the efficiency and safety of its manufacturing operations.
Manufacturing applications of inference at the edge significantly reduce operational costs by optimizing equipment maintenance and quality control. The technology’s ability to process data on-site or nearby transforms traditional manufacturing into a highly agile, cost-effective, and reliable operation, setting a new benchmark for the industry worldwide.
Healthcare
In healthcare, AI inference at the edge addresses critical concerns, such as privacy and security, through stringent data encryption and anonymization techniques, ensuring patient data remains confidential. Edge AI’s compatibility with existing healthcare IT systems, achieved through interoperable standards and APIs, enables seamless integration with current infrastructures. Overall, the impact of edge AI on healthcare is improved care delivery via the enabling of immediate, informed medical decisions based on real-time data insights.
Gcore partnered with a healthcare provider who needed to process sensitive medical data to generate an AI second opinion, particularly in oncological cases. Due to patient confidentiality, the data couldn’t leave the country. As such, the healthcare provider’s best option to meet regulatory compliance while maintaining high performance was to deploy an edge solution connected to their internal system and AI model. With 160+ strategic global locations and proven adherence to GDPR and ISO 27001 standards, we were able to offer the healthcare provider the edge AI advantage they needed.
The result:
- Real-time processing and reduced latency: For the healthcare provider, every second counts, especially in critical oncological cases. By deploying a large model at the edge, close to the hospital’s headquarters, we enabled fast insights and responses.
- Enhanced security and privacy: Maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of patient data was a non-negotiable in this case. By processing the data locally, we ensured adherence to strict privacy standards like GDPR, without sacrificing performance.
- Efficiency and cost reduction: We minimized bandwidth usage by reducing the need for constant data transmission to distant servers—critical for rapid and reliable data turnover—while minimizing the associated costs.
Retail
In retail, edge AI brings precision to inventory management and personalizes the customer experience across a variety of operations. By analyzing data from sensors and cameras in real-time, edge AI predicts restocking needs accurately, ensuring that shelves are always filled with the right products. This technology also powers smart checkout systems, streamlining the purchasing process by eliminating the need for manual scanning, thus reducing wait times and improving customer satisfaction. Retail chatbots and AI customer service bring these benefits to e-commerce.
Inference at the edge make it possible to employ computer vision to understand customer behaviors and preferences in real time, enabling retailers to optimize store layouts and product placements effectively. This insight helps to create a shopping environment that encourages purchases and enhances the overall customer journey. Retailers leveraging edge AI can dynamically adjust to consumer trends and demands, making operations more agile and responsive.
Conclusion
AI inferencing at the edge offers businesses across various industries the ability to process data in real time, directly at the source. This capability reduces latency while enhancing operational efficiency, security, and customer satisfaction, allowing businesses to set a new standard in leveraging technology to gain a competitive advantage.
Gcore is at the forefront of this technological evolution, activating AI inference at the edge across a global network designed to minimize latency and maximize performance. With advanced L40S GPU-based computing resources and a comprehensive list of open-source models, Gcore Edge AI provides a robust, cutting-edge platform for large AI model deployment.
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GTC Europe 2025: watch Seva Vayner on European AI trends
Inference is becoming Europe’s core AI workload. Telcos are moving fast on low-latency infrastructure. Data sovereignty is shaping every deployment decision.At GTC Europe, these trends were impossible to miss. The conversation has moved beyond experimentation to execution, with exciting, distinctly European priorities shaping conversations.Gcore’s own Seva Vayner, Product Director of Edge Cloud and AI, shared his take on this year’s event during GTC. He sees a clear shift in what European enterprises are asking for and what the ecosystem is ready to deliver.Scroll on to watch the interview and see where AI in Europe is heading.“It’s really a pleasure to see GTC in Europe”After years of global AI strategy being shaped primarily by the US and China, Europe is carving its own path. Seva notes that this year’s GTC Europe wasn’t just a regional spin-off. it marked the emergence of a distinctly European voice in AI development.“First of all, it's really a pleasure to see that GTC in Europe happened, and that a lot of European companies came together to have the conversation and build the ecosystem.”As Seva notes, the real excitement came from watching European players collaborate. The focus was less on following global trends and more on co-creating the region’s own AI trajectory.“Inference workloads will grow significantly in Europe”Inference was a throughline across nearly every session. As Seva points out, Europe is still at the early stages of adopting inference at scale, but the shift is happening fast.“Europe is only just starting its journey into inference, but we already see the trend. Over the next 5 to 10 years, inference workloads will grow significantly. That’s why GTC Europe is becoming a permanent, yearly event.”This growth won’t just be driven by startups. Enterprises, governments, and infrastructure providers are all waking up to the importance of real-time, regional inference capabilities.“There’s real traction. Companies are more and more interested in how to deliver low-latency inference. In a few years, this will be one of the most crucial workloads for any GPU cloud in Europe.”“Telcos are getting serious about AI”One of the clearest signs of maturity at GTC Europe was that telcos and CSPs are actively looking to deploy AI. And they’re asking the hard questions about how to integrate it into their infrastructure at a vast scale.“One of the most interesting things is how telcos are thinking about adopting AI workloads on their infrastructure to deliver low latency. Sovereignty is crucial, especially for customers looking to serve training or inference workloads inside their region. And also user experience: how can I get GPU capacity in clusters, or deliver inference in just a few clicks?”This theme—fast, sovereign, self-service AI—popped up again and again. Telcos and service providers want frictionless deployment and local control.“Companies are struggling most with data”While model deployment and infrastructure strategy took center stage, Seva reminds us that data processing and storage remains the bottleneck. Enterprises know they need to adopt AI, but they’re still navigating where and how to store and process the data that fuels it.“One of the biggest struggles for end customers is the data: where it’s processed, where it’s stored, and what kind of capabilities are available. From a European perspective, we already see more and more companies looking for sovereign data privacy and simple, mature solutions for end users.”That’s a familiar challenge for enterprises operating under GDPR, NIS2, and other compliance frameworks. The new wave of AI infrastructure has to be built for performance and for trust.AI in Europe: responsible, scalable, and localSeva’s key takeaway is that AI in Europe is no longer about catching up, it’s about doing it differently. The questions have changed from “Should we do AI?” to “How do we scale it responsibly, reliably, and locally?”From sovereign deployment to edge-first infrastructure, GTC Europe 2025 showed that inference is the foundation of how European businesses plan to run AI. “The ecosystem is coming together,” explains Seva. “And the next five years will be crucial for defining how AI will work: not just in the cloud, but everywhere.”If you’re looking to reduce latency, cut costs, and stay compliant while deploying AI in production, we invite you to download our free ebook, The inference optimization playbook.Download our free inference optimization playbook
Introducing FastEdge Triggers: real-time edge logic
When you're building real-time applications, whether for streaming platforms, SaaS dashboards, or security-sensitive services, you need content that adapts on the fly. Blocking suspicious IPs, injecting personalized content, transforming media on the edge—these should be fast, scalable, and reliable.Until now, they weren't.Developers and technical teams often had to work across multiple departments to create brittle, hardcoded solutions. Each use case, like watermarking video or rewriting headers, required a custom integration. There was no easy way to run logic dynamically at the edge. That changes with FastEdge Triggers.Real-time logic, built into the edgeFastEdge Triggers let you execute custom serverless logic at key moments in the HTTP lifecycle:on_request_headerson_request_bodyon_response_headerson_response_bodyFastEdge is built on the proxy-wasm standard, making it easy to adapt existing proxy-wasm applications (e.g., for Envoy or Kong) for use with Gcore. These trigger types align directly with proxy-wasm conventions, meaning less friction for developers familiar with modern proxy architectures.This means that you can now:Authenticate users' tokens, such as JWTBlock access by IP, region, or user agentInject CSS, HTML, or JavaScript into responsesTransform images or convert markdown to HTML before deliveryAdd security tokens or watermarks to video contentRewrite or sanitize request headers and bodiesNo backend round-trips. No manual routing. Just real-time, programmable edge behavior, backed by Gcore's global infrastructure.While FastEdge enables instant logic execution at the edge, response-stage triggers (on_response_headers and on_response_body) naturally depend on receiving data from the origin before acting. Even so, transformations happen at the edge, reducing backend load and improving overall efficiency.Our architecture means that FastEdge logic is executed in ultra-low-latency environments, tightly coupled with CDN. Triggers can be layered across multiple stages of a request without performance degradation.Built for developersFastEdge Triggers were built to solve three core pain points for technical teams:Hard to scale: Custom logic used to require bespoke, team-specific workaroundsHard to maintain: Even single-team solutions became brittle without proper edge infrastructureLimited flexibility: Legacy CDN logic couldn't support complex, dynamic behaviorWith FastEdge, developers have full control: no DevOps bottlenecks, no workarounds, no compromises. Logic runs at the edge, not your origin, minimizing backend exposure. FastEdge apps execute in isolated, sandboxed environments, reducing the risk of vulnerabilities that might otherwise be introduced when logic runs on central infrastructure.How it works behind the scenesEach FastEdge application is written in Rust or AssemblyScript and connected to the HTTP request lifecycle through Gcore's configuration interface. Apps are linked to trigger types through the CDN resource settings page in the Gcore Customer Portal.Configuring FastEdge Triggers from the CDN resource settings screen in the Gcore Customer PortalHere's what happens under the hood:You assign a FastEdge app to a trigger point.Our Core Proxy detects that trigger and automatically routes execution through your custom logic.The result is returned before hitting cache or origin, modified, enriched, and secured.This flow is deeply integrated with our CDN, delivering minimal latency with zero friction.A sequence diagram showing how FastEdge Triggers works under the hood A real-life use case: markdown to HTML at the edgeHere's a real-world example that shows how FastEdge Triggers can power multi-step content transformation without a single backend server.One customer wanted to serve Markdown-based documentation as styled HTML, without spinning up infrastructure. Using this FastEdge app written in Rust, they achieved just that.The app listens at three trigger points: on_request_headers, on_response_headers, and on_response_bodyIt detects requests for .md files and converts them on the flyThe HTML is served directly via CDN, no origin compute requiredYou can see it live here:README renderedTerraform docs renderedThis use case showcases FastEdge's ability to orchestrate multi-stage logic at the edge: ideal for serverless documentation, lightweight rendering, or content transformation pipelines.Ready to build smarter at the edge?FastEdge Triggers are available now for all FastEdge customers. If you're looking to modernize your edge logic, simplify architecture, and ship faster with fewer backend dependencies, FastEdge is built for you.Reach out to your account manager or contact us to activate FastEdge Triggers in your environment.Try Fastedge Triggers
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In recent years, cloud AI infrastructure has soared in popularity. With its scalability and ease of deployment, it’s no surprise that organizations rushed to transfer their data to the cloud in a bid to become “cloud-first.”But now, the tide is turning.As AI workloads grow more complex and regulatory pressures increase, many companies are reconsidering their reliance on cloud and turning back toward on-premises AI infrastructure.Rather than doubling down on the cloud, organizations are diversifying—adopting multi-cloud models, sovereign cloud environments, and even hybrid or fully on-prem setups. The era of a single cloud provider handling everything is coming to an end. Why? Control, security, and performance are hard to find in the public cloud.Here’s why more businesses are bringing AI back in-house.#1 Enhanced data security and controlData security remains one of the most urgent concerns driving the return to on-prem infrastructure.For sensitive or high-priority workloads—common in sectors like finance, healthcare, and government—keeping data off the cloud is often non-negotiable. Cloud computing inherently increases risk by exposing data to shared environments, wider attack surfaces, and complex supply chains.Choosing a trusted cloud provider can mitigate some of those risks. But it can’t replace the peace of mind that comes from keeping sensitive data in-house.With on-premises AI, organizations gain fine-grained access control. Encryption keys remain internal and breach exposure shrinks dramatically. It’s also much easier to stay compliant with privacy laws when data never leaves your own secure perimeter.For industries where trust and confidentiality are everything, on-prem solutions offer full visibility into where and how data is stored and processed.#2 Performance enhancement and latency reductionLatency matters—especially in AI.On-premises AI systems excel in environments that require real-time performance and heavy compute loads. Processing data locally avoids the physical delays caused by transferring it across the internet to a cloud data center.By eliminating long-haul network hops, companies get near-instant access to computing resources. They also get to fine-tune their internal networks—using private fiber, low-hop switching, and other low-latency optimizations that cloud customers can’t control.Unlike multi-tenant cloud platforms, on-prem resources aren’t shared. That means consistently low, predictable latency.This is vital for use cases where milliseconds—or even microseconds—make a difference: autonomous vehicles, real-time analytics, robotic control systems, and high-speed trading. Fast feedback loops and localized processing enable better outcomes, tighter control, and faster decision-making at the edge.#3 Regulatory compliance and data sovereigntyAround the world, data privacy regulations are tightening. For most organizations, compliance isn’t optional.On-premises infrastructure helps keep data safely inside the organization’s network. This supports data sovereignty, ensuring that sensitive information remains subject only to local laws—not the policies of another country’s cloud provider.It's also a powerful hedge against geopolitical instability.While hyperscalers operate globally, they’re always headquartered somewhere. That makes their infrastructure vulnerable to political shifts, sanctions, or changes in international data law. Governments may require them to restrict access, share data, or cut off services entirely—especially to organizations in sanctioned or adversarial jurisdictions.Businesses relying on these providers risk disruption when regulations change. On-premises infrastructure, by contrast, offers reliable continuity and greater control—especially in uncertain times.#4 Cost control and operational benefitsCloud pricing may look flexible, but costs can escalate quickly.Data transfers, storage, and compute spikes all add up—fast. In contrast, on-premises infrastructure provides a predictable Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Although upfront CapEx is higher, OpEx remains more stable over time.Organizations can invest in high-performance hardware tailored to their specific needs and amortize those costs across years. That means no surprise bills, no sudden price hikes, and no dependence on vendor pricing models.Of course, running on-prem infrastructure comes with its own challenges. It demands specialized teams for deployment, maintenance, and support. These experts are costly to recruit and retain—but they’re critical to ensure uptime, security, and performance.Still, for companies with relatively stable compute and storage needs, the long-term savings often outweigh the initial setup effort. On-prem also integrates more smoothly into existing IT workflows, without the need for internet access or additional network setup—another operational bonus.#5 Proactive threat detection and automated responsesOn-premises AI sometimes enables smarter, more customized security.Advanced platforms can continuously analyze live data streams using machine learning to detect anomalies and predict threats. When something suspicious is flagged, the system can respond instantly by quarantining data, blocking traffic, and alerting security teams.That kind of automation is essential for minimizing damage and downtime.With full infrastructure control, organizations can deploy bespoke monitoring systems that align with their threat models. Deep packet inspection, real-time anomaly detection, and behavioral analytics can be easier to configure and maintain on-prem than in shared cloud environments.These systems can also work seamlessly with WAAP and DDoS tools to detect and neutralize threats before they spread. The key is flexibility: whether on-prem or cloud-based, AI-driven security should adapt to your architecture and threat landscape, not the other way around.End-to-end visibility can give security teams a clearer picture and faster response options than generic, one-size-fits-all public cloud security tools.How to combine eon-premises control with cloud scalabilityLet’s be clear: on-premises AI isn’t perfect. It demands upfront investment. It requires skilled personnel to deploy and manage systems. And integrating AI into legacy environments takes thoughtful planning.But today’s tools are helping bridge those gaps. Modern platforms reduce the need for constant manual intervention. They support real-time updates to threat models and detection logic. As a result, security teams can spend more time on strategy and less on maintenance.Meanwhile, the cloud still plays an important role. It offers faster access to new tools, software updates, and next-gen GPU hardware.That’s why many organizations are opting for a hybrid model.Our recommendation: Keep your sensitive, high-priority workloads on-prem. Use the cloud for elastic scale and innovation. Together, they deliver the best of both worlds: performance, control, compliance, and flexibility.Secure your digital infrastructure with Gcore on-premises AI inferenceWhether you’re protecting sensitive data or running high-demand workloads, on-premises AI gives you the control and confidence you need. Securing sensitive data and managing high-demand workloads requires a level of control, performance, and predictability that only on-premises AI infrastructure delivers.Gcore Everywhere Inference Private Deployment makes it easier than ever to bring powerful serverless AI inference capabilities directly into your physical environment. Designed for scalable global performance, Everywhere Inference enables robust and secure multi-tenant AI inference deployments across on-prem and cloud environments, helping you meet data sovereignty requirements, reduce latency, and streamline deployment.Talk to us about your on-prem AI plans
3 clicks, 10 seconds: what real serverless AI inference should look like
Deploying a trained AI model could be the easiest part of the AI lifecycle. After the heavy lifting of data collection, training, and optimization, pushing a model into production is where “the rubber hits the road”, meaning the business expects to see the benefits of invested time and resources. In reality, many AI projects fail in production because of poor performance stemming from suboptimal infrastructure conditions.There are, broadly speaking, two paths developers can take when deploying inference: DIY, which is time and resource-consuming and requires domain expertise from several teams within the business, or the ever-so-popular “serverless inference” solution. The latter is supposed to simplify the task at hand and deliver productivity, cutting down effort to seconds, not hours. Yet most platforms offering “serverless” AI inference still feel anything but effortless. They require containers, configs, and custom scripts. They bury users in infrastructure decisions. And they often assume your data scientists are also DevOps engineers. It’s a far cry from what serverless was meant to be.At Gcore, we believe real serverless inference means this: three clicks and ten seconds to deploy a model. That’s not a tagline—it’s the experience we built. And it’s what infrastructure leaders like Mirantis are now enabling for enterprises through partnerships with Gcore.Why deployment UX matters more than you thinkServerless inference isn’t just a backend architecture choice. It’s a business enabler, a go-to-market accelerator, an ROI optimizer, a technology democratizer—or, if poorly executed, a blocker.The reality is that inference workloads are a key point of interface between your AI product or service and the customer. If deployment is clunky, you’re struggling to keep up with demand. If provisioning takes too long, latency spikes, performance is inconsistent, and ultimately your service doesn’t scale. And if the user experience is unclear or inconsistent, customers end up frustrated—or worse, they churn.Developers and data scientists don’t want to manage infrastructure. They want to bring a model and get results without becoming cloud operators in the process.Dom Wilde, SVP Marketing, MirantisThat’s why deployment UX is no longer a nice-to-have. It’s the core of your product.The benchmark: 3 clicks, 10 secondsWe built Gcore Everywhere Inference to remove every unnecessary step between uploading a model and running it in production. That includes GPU provisioning, routing, scaling, isolation, and endpoint generation, all handled behind the scenes.The result is what we believe should be the default:Upload a modelConfirm deployment parametersClick deployAnd within ten seconds, you’re serving live inference.For platform teams supporting AI workloads, this isn’t just a better workflow. It’s a transformation.With Gcore, our customers can deliver not just self-service infrastructure but also inference as a product. End users can deploy models in seconds, and customers don’t have to micromanage the backend to support that.Dom Wilde, MirantisSimple frontend, powerful backendIt’s worth saying: simplifying the frontend doesn’t mean weakening the backend. Gcore’s platform is built for scale and performance, offering the following:Multi-tenant GPU isolationSmart routing based on location and loadAuto-scaling based on demandA unified API and UI for both automation and accessibilityWhat makes this meaningful isn’t just the tech, it’s the way it vanishes behind the scenes. With Gcore, Mirantis customers can deliver low-latency inference, maximize GPU efficiency, and meet data privacy requirements without touching low-level infrastructure.Many enterprises and cloud customers worry about underutilized GPUs. Now, every cycle is optimized. The platform handles the complexity so our customers can focus on building value.Dom Wilde, MirantisIf it’s not 3 clicks and 10 seconds, it’s not really serverlessThere’s a growing gap between what serverless inference promises and what most platforms deliver. Many cloud providers are focused on raw compute or orchestration, but overlook the deployment layer. That’s a mistake. Because when it comes to customer experience, ease of deployment is the product.Mirantis saw that early on and partnered with Gcore to bring inference-as-a-service to CSP and enterprise customers, fast. Now, customers can launch new offerings more quickly, reduce operational overhead, and improve the user experience with a simple, elegant deployment path.Redefine serverless AI with GcoreIf it takes a config file, a container, and a support ticket to deploy a model, it’s not serverless—it’s server-less-ish. With Gcore Everywhere Inference, we’ve set a new benchmark: three clicks and ten seconds to deploy AI. And, our model catalog offers a variety of popular models so you can get started right away.Whether you’re frustrated with slow, inefficient model deployments or looking for the most effective way to start using AI for your company, you need Gcore Everywhere Inference. Give our experts a call to discover how we can simplify your AI so you can focus on scaling and business logic.Let’s talk about your AI project
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