Case Study: Factory grew open-model usage 2-3x in six months on Fireworks AI
Key results
The challenge
Factory needed to keep automating more of the software development lifecycle while managing inference cost sustainably, and to adopt new open-weight models as they were released.
The solution
Factory standardized on Fireworks AI to safely introduce new models and route traffic intelligently across models via the Factory Router.
“Open-weight models are going to be the main way engineering teams keep automating more while managing cost in a sustainable way. Fireworks is what enables us to deliver on that mission.”
LTLeo TchourakovMember of Technical Staff, Factory
The results, in context
Factory's open-weight model usage grew 2-3x over six months, with throughput of 5-15x more work per dollar depending on model. The Factory Router reduced cost 30-40% per average task, and ticket-triage automation processed about 5x more work on Kimi for the same spend.