Inference optimization for AI product teams

Cut your inference costs without making production fragile.

We cut your cost per successful task — held to an accuracy bar you set, and proven on your own workload with a benchmark before you commit. Miss the bar and you don't pay.

Held to your accuracy bar
You set the quality target. We prove it's met on a benchmark first — miss it and you don't pay the back half.
Proven on your workload
A benchmark on your own task and data — not a generic percentage.
Typically 50–90% lower cost
The saving is the result of the method, not the headline promise.

Services

Three ways to work together

Fixed-fee engagements tied to real savings — each one benchmarked before you commit. Find the savings, capture them, then keep going.

01Find the savings
02Capture the savings
03Keep cutting costs
Best starting point 01

Inference Cost Audit

A fixed-fee review of one workflow: where the money goes, how much is recoverable, and a benchmarked estimate of the savings — before you commit to a build.

  • Where your spend actually goes
  • Which tasks are safe to optimize
  • Projected savings, quantified
  • A clear go / no-go recommendation
Fixed fee · days
02

Cost Reduction Project

We build a smaller, task-specific model and benchmark it against your current one — held to an accuracy bar you approve up front. Miss the bar and you don't pay the back half.

  • A production-ready optimized model
  • Benchmarked against your current model
  • Typically 50–90% lower cost, at your accuracy bar
  • Runs on your infra — weights never leave
Fixed fee · weeks
03

Ongoing Partnership

A monthly retainer to keep cutting costs across more workflows as your usage grows — refreshing models and tuning spend over time.

  • More workflows optimized over time
  • Model refreshes as your data grows
  • Ongoing cost and quality tuning
  • Quarterly savings review
Retainer · monthly

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Model Adaptation, Distillation and Serving

Behind every engagement is a simple method for finding savings without gambling on quality — three questions, asked in order.

Question 01

Adaptation

Can the task be reshaped to cost less? Two levers, applied together: break the prompt's task into smaller, simpler sub-tasks — and train a low-rank adapter (LoRA) on a smaller model tuned to the task.

Question 02

Distillation

Can a smaller model match the quality you need for this workflow? We distill a compact model from a larger one, then benchmark it against your current model to prove the quality holds first.

Question 03

Serving

Can the same workload run more cheaply once it is deployed? We tune routing, batching, caching, and where the model runs, cutting cost per request without changing the output quality.

Routing and caching alone tend to cap out around 40–60%. Adaptation and distillation are what lift the ceiling past that — where most cost-cutting vendors stop, we start.

Proof

We show the measurement, not just the number.

Every firm in this category quotes a percentage. Almost none show the benchmark behind it. The whole business is a measurement business — so here is exactly what we measure, on your own workload, before you commit a dollar.

Metric 01

Cost per 1,000 successful tasks

Not tokens, not raw requests — the price of work that actually lands, measured before and after.

Metric 02

Accuracy against your bar

Held to the quality target you set. We publish the delta versus your current model, not just a pass mark.

Metric 03

Latency, p50 and p95

A cheaper model that's slower in production isn't cheaper. We report the tail, not just the average.

Publishing soon

First public benchmark: support-ticket classification. A distilled task-specific model versus a frontier baseline, on an open dataset — full method, numbers, and code, published open-source so you can reproduce it yourself. Want a look before it's public, or the same run on your workload? Book a call.


Who this is for

Best suited for teams with real AI usage and clear cost pressure

Precise Infer works best with product and engineering teams that already have AI in production and need a disciplined way to improve inference economics.

Good fit

  • AI product companies with recurring production traffic
  • Teams spending meaningfully on LLM APIs
  • Engineering leaders who need a clear quality-versus-cost decision
  • Organizations that want focused execution over open-ended advisory work

Not a fit

  • Teams still exploring their first AI prototype
  • Buyers looking for generic development capacity
  • Projects without a measurable production workflow

How the engagement works

Simple, low-risk, and fixed-fee

  1. Intro call

    A 30-minute call to understand your workload, spend, and goals.

  2. Savings assessment

    We map where the cost is and how much is recoverable, with a benchmarked estimate.

  3. Build & prove

    We build the optimized model and benchmark it against your current one.

  4. You decide

    Keep the savings, expand to more workflows, or walk away. Your call.

Not sure where the cost is hiding? Start with the audit.

Why Precise Infer

Senior technical judgment, focused on practical outcomes

Precise Infer is built for teams that want experienced engineering judgment applied to a narrow and important problem: reducing inference cost without making production systems fragile.

The work is rigorous, commercially grounded, and respectful of the realities of shipping software inside busy teams. No open-ended advisory. No rebuilds you didn't ask for. A clear decision at the end of every engagement.


FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I know quality won't drop?
You set the accuracy bar up front, and we prove it's met on a benchmark against your current model before you commit to the build. If the optimized model misses that bar, you don't pay the back half. The guarantee is on accuracy, not just savings — that's the whole point.
Will quality drop if we optimize for cost?
Not necessarily. The point of the process is to evaluate the tradeoff explicitly and identify where smaller or adapted models are good enough for the task.
Do we need to share sensitive data?
The optimized model runs on your infrastructure — the weights and your data never leave your environment. That's the difference from a self-serve tool that ingests your production traces into someone else's cloud. We use only what a specific benchmark requires, on terms you set.
Can this work with our current stack?
Usually yes. The goal is to improve your current production economics, not force a complete rebuild.
Is this advisory or implementation?
Both formats are possible, but each engagement is fixed-scope and outcome-oriented. The objective is clarity and execution, not indefinite consulting.
What is the best starting point?
For most teams, the right starting point is the Inference Cost Audit.

If your AI bill is growing faster than your confidence in the stack, start with a focused review.

A short conversation is enough to determine whether there is a real optimization opportunity — and whether it is worth pursuing now.