Cut Inference Cost Without Guessing Where It Leaks

Q: Why profile the workload before swapping the model or changing cloud?

Profiling the workload first surfaces serving-stack wins (batching, caching, routing, quantisation, kernels, topology) that usually carry more economic weight than swapping the model or changing cloud.

Q: What does the before/after report actually measure?

The Inference Cost-Cut Pack report measures cost-per-request, p95 latency, and GPU utilisation deltas on a fixed workload, plus workload-specific extras, with the producing harness included.

Q: Do I keep the harness after the engagement?

The buyer keeps the cost-cut harness (workload definition, replay script, profiler traces, before/after logs, README) and can re-run it to reproduce the numbers within an agreed tolerance.

Q: Is the Pack priced as engineer-weeks?

The Inference Cost-Cut Pack is priced fixed on the Audit and milestone-or-fixed-price on the Optimisation Sprint as a measured delta on a defined workload, not as engineer-weeks.

We profile the workload you actually run, challenge the scope before touching it, and hand you a harness that proves the saving. Not a slide that claims it.

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Production AI gets expensive in predictable ways. GPU utilisation drifts low while bills rise, latency makes a feature feel unusable, or serving cost eats margin as usage grows. The default response, swap the model, change cloud, hire a platform team, often skips the cheapest wins, which usually sit in the serving stack and the GPU performance engineering layer rather than in a bigger budget. We profile first, and if the real fix is smaller than the brief, we will tell you. You leave with fewer dollars and fewer milliseconds per request, and a harness that reproduces the numbers.

GPU compute hardware running an inference workload

How the Engagement Runs

An Audit On-Ramp, Then the Optimisation Sprint

Two phases, one workload. The Audit finds and ranks where the cost leaks and, if the real fix is smaller than the brief, says so before you spend a sprint. The Optimisation Sprint is where the implementation happens: it builds only the high-confidence changes the Audit ranked. Pricing is fixed on the Audit and milestone or fixed-price on the Sprint, a measured delta on a defined workload, not engineer-weeks against a backlog.

Audit On-Ramp

2–8 weeks

The low-commitment way in. We profile the workload and hand back a ranked optimisation backlog, an ROI model, and a reproducible baseline harness.

Optimisation Sprint

4–8 weeks

Where the implementation happens. We build the high-confidence changes the Audit ranked, then hand over a before/after delta report and the harness that produced the numbers.

Engineer reviewing inference cost metrics

What You Keep

A reproducible before/after report on a fixed workload: cost-per-request delta, p95 latency delta, and GPU utilisation delta where it applies, plus the harness that produced the numbers. You re-run it on representative inputs after handover and the numbers reproduce within an agreed tolerance, or we are not done. It survives the engagement, binds future regressions, and protects you from optimisation work that leaves behind a faster system and nothing replayable.

What the Harness Is

For the buyer, the harness turns "we optimised it" into something an engineering organisation can defend, regress against, and reuse: a reproducible workload definition with version pins, a replay script that runs the workload against a target deployment, profiler traces for the baseline and the post-change run, before/after logs on the metric set agreed at Audit time, and a short README that lets a different engineer re-run the rig. That is the deliverable the pack is priced against. The discipline behind holding those numbers steady, performance read as a property of the whole stack under sustained load, is the measurement methodology we develop in the open at LynxBenchAI.

Profiler trace and before/after cost report

What This Pack Covers

Serving-Stack Optimisation

Batching & Caching

Request Routing

Quantisation

Kernel Selection

GPU Profiling

Cost-per-Request Targets

p95 Latency Targets

AI Video & Transcoding Pipelines

Engineering team comparing deployment options

Not Sure This Is the Right Pack?

If the runtime, silicon, or form factor has no working AI path yet, that is the AI Porting & Deployment Pack. If the model gives wrong answers or there are no release gates catching regressions, that is the Production AI Monitoring Harness. If a committee needs LLM model-comparison evidence, that is the LLM Selection Pack. If the question is whether you are ready to deploy at all, that is the AI Readiness Scorecard.

How We Know This Works

Low-level inference-performance engineering, from GPU cost modelling to embedded video coding. These engagements pre-date the packaged Sprint and stand as bridged proof.

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Client Testimonials

TechnoLynx delivered the project on time and provided quality outputs that met the client's expectations. The team was proactive in providing ideas and suggestions, and they were careful at properly planning the tasks. The client also praised the team's expertise in GPU programming and AI.

Guido Meardi - CEO

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TechnoLynx's skill in low-level software development was impressive. TechnoLynx was able to create four prototypes with common components and an interface for easy maintenance. The client was extremely happy with the solution's speed. Moreover, their communication was seamless and straightforward.

Alex Farrant - Director

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TechnoLynx's unique aspect is that they're able to transform complex theories into practicable and applicable results. TechnoLynx provides research reports and architecture planning documents. The team is able to transform complex theories into practicable and applicable results. TechnoLynx's project management is strong and delivers work on time without hardware issues, being responsive through virtual meetings.

Forrest Smith - CEO & Co-Founder

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I’m delighted with our collaboration with their team. Thanks to TechnoLynx's work, the client has been able to co-author two patents. They lead responsive project management to solve problems quickly. The team also praises their skilled and knowledgeable team.

Gil Hagi - CEO

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We had high-efficiency meetings. TechnoLynx’s work resulted in a successful breakthrough, and their input improved the client’s app. Their flexible and organised project management cultivated a healthy collaboration experience. Ultimately, their professionalism and commitment were impressive.

Anonymous - CEO

Inference Cost-Cut Pack FAQ

Why profile the workload before swapping the model or changing cloud?

The cheapest wins are usually inside the serving stack: batch sizes, caching, routing, quantisation, kernel choices, serving topology, not in model substitution or a cloud move. We measure the workload first and surface the changes that carry the economic weight on the requests you actually run, with a measured baseline and a defensible delta.

What does the before/after report actually measure?

A cost-per-request delta, a p95 latency delta, and a GPU utilisation delta where it applies, on one fixed workload, plus workload-specific extras such as cost-per-token or transcoding frame-rate. The harness that produced the numbers ships with the report.

Do I keep the harness after the engagement?

Yes. The harness is the deliverable: a reproducible workload definition, a replay script, profiler traces, before/after logs on the agreed metric set, and a README a different engineer can follow. You re-run it on representative inputs after handover and the numbers reproduce within an agreed tolerance, or we are not done.

Is the Pack priced as engineer-weeks?

No. Pricing is fixed against the Audit and milestone or fixed-price against the Optimisation Sprint. The Optimisation Sprint is a measured delta on a defined workload, not engineer-weeks against a backlog. When a deep-GPU sub-scope genuinely needs time-and-materials, we record it as a separate scope rather than re-pricing the headline.

What if the AI path doesn't exist on my target yet?

That is porting, not cost-cutting. If the runtime, silicon, or form factor has no working AI path yet, the right engagement is the AI Porting & Deployment Pack. The Inference Cost-Cut Pack assumes the workload already runs in production on a mature stack.

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If your workload runs in production on a mature stack and you have access to traces, representative inputs, and cost data, the Audit is the right entry point. The AI-infrastructure / SaaS, media & telecom, and retail crosswalks all route inference-cost work through this pack.

Tell us the workload shape, the runtime, and what “good” looks like for cost and p95 latency. If the cheapest fix turns out smaller than the brief, that is the first thing you will hear. Start a conversation.