Models & architecture
Budget model
A smaller, cheaper, faster model that handles routine work well at a fraction of a frontier model's price. Often the smart default for high-volume tasks.
In practice
Use a budget model to classify thousands of tickets, and a frontier model only for the hard ones.
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