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Smart Routing in Unity AI Gateway: Match frontier quality with 30%+ lower cost per task (Databricks)
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Databricks says smart routing in Unity AI Gateway spreads coding tasks across a pool of models and harnesses, matching frontier quality at more than 30% lower cost per task.
In plain words
- Databricks says Unity chooses among several coding systems and delivers top-level quality at more than 30% lower cost per task.
- For each coding task, a routing system selects from artificial intelligence systems and the software that guides each one.
- Software teams could lower spending on coding work while keeping quality comparable to leading systems.
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