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You picked the open-source models. Now comes the hard part: production. Compare DIY inference, managed APIs, and SIE for scaling AI agents.
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Your model choice was never the hardest part. Getting a fleet of open-source models into production without creating a full-time infrastructure job is. This guide breaks down three ways to ship AI agents: DIY with vLLM/TEI/SGLang, managed APIs, and multi-model inference with SIE.