ai& launches ai& inference, offering frontier AI inference at up to 80% lower cost by deploying heterogeneous compute (custom silicon and CPUs).

ai&, a vertically integrated global AI technology company, launched ai& inference, a high-performance platform that delivers state-of-the-art inference at a fraction of comparable proprietary inference costs. The platform combines AMD, NVIDIA, and other silicon architectures under a single optimized inference serving layer, engineered to convert hardware-software co-design into a structural cost advantage that single-architecture providers cannot match.

Inference defines the cost of production AI. As reasoning models and agentic systems push token volume per task higher, tokenomics has become critical. The industry has developed sophisticated optimization techniques—speculative decoding, pre-fill/decode disaggregation, aggressive quantization, KV-cache reuse, and model-level routing—to push performance. However, the industry's reliance on a single source of silicon means every provider ultimately hits the same compute ceiling. Current inference competition centers on managing trade-offs within a fixed performance envelope.

ai& competes one layer deeper by bringing software discipline to heterogeneous substrates, integrating AMD, NVIDIA, Tenstorrent, and other architectures natively with the serving stack. The platform decouples the inference pipeline, executing each computational step on the processor best suited for it. Because ai& owns and operates the hardware end-to-end, it achieves token efficiencies that multiply intense software optimization with hardware co-design—system-level efficiencies single-architecture providers cannot reach, with a cost structure that compounds favorably per token generated.

In internal benchmarks, this approach delivers substantially higher token efficiency than comparable single-architecture systems on equivalent workloads. Customers see AI quality comparable to leading endpoints, with blended costs up to 80% lower than running every step on a single frontier model. This structural advantage allows ai& to deliver the most competitive pricing against proprietary model providers and amongst inference providers.

The platform offers distinct capabilities. ai& integrates AMD, NVIDIA, Tenstorrent, and other hardware architectures under a unified serving layer; the company operates the largest AMD-based inference footprint in Japan and the largest Tenstorrent deployment globally. For agentic workflows involving dozens of iterative, multi-turn loops across planning, retrieval, tool use, and verification, the platform decouples the inference pipeline and optimizes execution for each hardware architecture, maximizing token throughput and dramatically lowering the compounding cost of agentic execution. The serving infrastructure runs entirely on hardware ai& manages directly, eliminating rented cloud infrastructure. For enterprises in regulated industries—financial services, healthcare, and the public sector—inference is served strictly in-region in dedicated environments to guarantee full data residency and compliance. Serving workloads closer to end-users removes long-haul round-trip network overhead, delivering the consistent, fast response times required for real-time interactive applications and tight agentic loops. Existing OpenAI- or Anthropic-API-compatible applications can point directly to ai&'s endpoints with a single configuration change; no codebase re-architecting is required.

ai& has secured more than $2 billion in capital funding to construct multiple 100-megawatt-class AI data centers over the next three years. The platform runs end-to-end on infrastructure ai& operates, giving customers the performance, economics, and sovereignty that no single-layer provider can deliver.

For customers requiring dedicated capacity, custom service-level agreements, on-premise deployment, or specialized workload tuning, ai& offers customizable options tailored to unique preferences.

ai& Inference is available today at console.aiand.com. New users can redeem coupon code UNITABETAI for $50 in free credits. ai& is a global AI technology company founded on the conviction that whoever owns and optimizes the full stack wins. By integrating next-generation data center infrastructure, heterogeneous compute, and frontier model services into a single optimized platform, the company gives enterprises and developers the performance, economics, and data sovereignty that no single-layer provider can match. Founded in Japan and expanding globally, ai& is building the foundation for the AI-native future.