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Ultra-Fast Inference & Open-Weight Models at FriendliAI

Ultra-Fast Inference & Open-Weight Models

November 18, 2026 · 6 PM – 8 PM

FriendliAI, San Francisco · Free ·

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A casual evening discussion at FriendliAI during Ignite week focuses on ultra-fast inference and open-weight models. The description names GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek, and MiniMax.

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An evening with FriendliAI during Ignite week! In town for Ignite? Come close out the day at our office, just one block from Moscone Center, for a casual evening discussing ultra-fast inference and open-weight models. Open-weight models like GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek, and MiniMax land in more production workloads every month. The quality gaps have narrowed significantly between open and closed models, at a fraction of the cost.

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