Inference Implementation Partner
We help you win deals that are blocked by cost, latency, customization, or GPU availability.
In 3–5 days your lead will start using a custom model deployed on your infrastructure.
Our Value Proposition
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Unlock stuck deals in days
When a company wants a custom fine-tuned model but lacks the training data or know-how to get started today, distil labs steps in with free solution engineering and delivers a first production-ready model in days, not quarters.
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Migrate from serverless to dedicated endpoints
When a customer requires higher throughput, better reliability or lower latency, but the cost of self-hosting an LLM doesn't cover the ROI, we train a custom small model to make the business case much stronger. Dedicated deployment benefits, without the large GPU cluster costs.
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Monetize small-GPU capacity
Smaller models can run efficiently on small GPUs, helping partners turn underutilized capacity into revenue while preserving scarce large-GPU capacity for workloads that truly need it.
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Amplify inference savings with SLMs
Moving from mid-tier closed-source to an open-source model that matches accuracy often doesn't produce compelling enough cost savings or delivers sufficiently good latency. By distilling to a smaller, faster model, we make the business case dramatically stronger.
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Manage the full custom model lifecycle
The customer doesn't need to hire a team to start fine-tuning models. We abstract away the entire complexity, so the customer just needs to exchange the API endpoint: model training, deployment, and optimizing the endpoint are all handled.
How We Sell Together
Engagement Model
You own the customer relationship — we are here to support securing the deal.
When you spot a deal that's stalling, needs an extra push, or has a use case that could benefit from model optimization — pull us in. We work best when deals are partially scoped and the customer's priorities are understood.
Pull distil labs in when a lead says:
- “The current model is becoming too expensive…”
- “Latency is too high, …”
- “We need to move off of your serverless endpoint because…”
- “We want to fine-tune, but…”
- “We want to move to a dedicated endpoint, but…”
- “Our current model is being deprecated, so…”
- “We are thinking about trying out open-source models”
- “We tried open-source, but quality was not good enough.”
- “We like the responses of model X, but need the speed/cost of model Y”
- “Once we hire an MLE, …”
- “We are not sure the ROI justifies moving this to production.”
- “We want to reduce dependency on OpenAI/Anthropic…”
What We Need From You
- Motivation of the lead (what triggered the conversation)
- Descriptions of use cases
- Monthly spend / volume of requests
- Current model in production and anything they've tried before
- Latency requirements and any other acceptance criteria, evaluation protocol
- What milestones they have that determine timeline/urgency
- Org mapping: who are the decision-makers, technical counterparts and influencers
Process
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You introduce us to a lead and invite them to a call between all 3 parties
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We scope out a good use case to get started with and create a shared Slack channel
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The lead shares model traces with us
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We provide an analysis of the model traces and evaluation of their current model (1 day)
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We train a custom model for them using our knowledge distillation platform (1–2 days)
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We evaluate the trained model & provide the endpoint for testing (1 day)
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Customer tests the model endpoint (that we create on your infrastructure)
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Customer moves full traffic to the new endpoint (we manage the endpoint & make sure it works well)
What We Own
We take full ownership of the optimization process — timelines, deliverables, and communication with the customer. The prospect should feel like they're working with a team that's done this many times and knows exactly what to expect at each stage. We'll keep you in the loop at every stage so the prospect sees us as a unified team.
Ramp-Up
Crawl
1–3 test leads to validate the handover process and prove our value.
Walk
Expand to a steady pipeline of qualified leads with joint account planning.
Run
Co-marketing: joint events, dinners at conferences, shared content, common target lists.
Ready to unlock your next deal?
Get in touch and we'll walk through your pipeline together.