31A customer wants to self-host open weights instead of paying API fees. How do you model the real costs and decide?▼hard★ EssentialMistralDatabricksMicrosoft1 replies◆ premiumThe GPU-utilization math that decides this argument, the hidden line items (ops headcount, quality gap, model churn), and the hybrid recommendation that wins both the analysis and the customer.Open full answer →
38Hit a hard p99 SLA on an LLM product without blowing a fixed monthly spend ceiling. Model it.▼hardOpenAIAnthropicDatabricks1 replies◆ premiumLatency, cost, and quality are one budget with three claims on it. The strong answer treats the p99 SLA and the spend ceiling as a joint constraint, finds where they fight (batching), and names the lever it pulls when traffic exceeds what the ceiling can buy at SLA.Open full answer →
