Fireworks.ai, a generative AI startup, has launched the fastest and most efficient inference engine to date. The company relies on compound AI systems, which replace traditional single AI models with multiple interacting models. Fireworks.ai has partnered with Google Cloud and other partners like NVIDIA to deliver cost-effective and scalable solutions. Google Cloud helps Fireworks.ai process over 140 billion tokens daily with 99.99% API uptime. Fireworks.ai also uses Google Cloud services such as Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Cloud Monitoring, and BigQuery to optimize performance and reduce costs. Thanks to this partnership, Fireworks.ai has been able to deliver 4X lower latency and 4X higher throughput compared to competing hosted services. Fireworks.ai emphasizes the importance of open-source access to AI and works with Google Cloud to enable more companies to drive value from innovative uses of generative AI.