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Hosted Service Inference & Serving

Replicate

1Run 2and 3deploy 4models 5via 6API.

the six Ws · specification

W1 Who

By Replicate.

W2 What

Runs open-source and custom models behind a simple hosted API.

W3 Where

A hosted cloud service via API.

W4 When

When you want models without managing GPUs.

W5 Why

Any model as a scalable API endpoint.

W6 With

An API key and outbound HTTPS.

W7 Watch

Commercial service, API key, billed per run; inputs are sent to Replicate.

Model-hostingAPIDeployment

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