Enterprises spending $100M/year on inference lack offline evals

tokenbender · x · 2026-08-21

Citing industry observations, Ryan Marten highlighted that many enterprises spend vast sums (e.g., $100M/year) on inference without establishing offline evaluations to select the right models. He argued that building an eval system is the critical first step; otherwise, operations are conducted 'blindly,' wasting resources without measurable performance insights.

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Enterprises spending $100M/year on inference lack offline evals

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