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Groq
✓ verifiedFreemium
Fast, low-cost AI inference provider running LLMs on custom LPU chips via GroqCloud's pay-as-you-go API.
3.6M visits/mo
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PicoClaw
✓ verifiedFree
Ultra-lightweight, self-hosted open-source AI assistant in Go that runs on sub-$10 hardware like Raspberry Pi with under 10MB RAM.
81K visits/mo
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HEROZ
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A Japanese AI firm that grew from shogi-AI research into industry ML solutions and a generative-AI platform, HEROZ ASK.
1.9M visits/mo
Pricing
GPT-OSS 20B: $0.075 per 1M input tokens ($0.30 per 1M output)
GPT-OSS 120B: $0.15 per 1M input tokens
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Core features
- ✦LPU custom inference hardware
- ✦GroqCloud tokens-as-a-service API
- ✦High-speed, low-latency inference
- ✦Pay-as-you-go token pricing
- ✦Free API key to start
- ✦Broad open-model support
- ✦Single self-contained binary requiring under 10MB RAM
- ✦Sub-1-second startup even on low-power processors
- ✦Support for 16+ chat channels including Telegram, Discord, Slack, WeCom
- ✦Compatibility with multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, etc.)
- ✦Runs on Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, ARM64, x86_64, Android, and Docker
- ✦Self-hosted design keeping data and configuration local
- ✦Gateway/API mode for connecting to chat platforms via MCP protocol
- ✦Deep-learning and machine-learning core technology
- ✦HEROZ ASK generative-AI platform
- ✦BtoB and BtoC AI solutions
- ✦BLOOMWORKS product
- ✦Industry AI deployment case studies
- ✦LLM API router
- ✦OpenAI API proxy
- ✦Model aggregation (OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Llama, Qwen, Claude, etc.)
- ✦Unified OpenAI API standard
- ✦Unlimited concurrency
Use cases
- →Running LLM inference at high speed
- →Cutting inference costs at scale
- →Powering low-latency AI chat apps
- →Serving models via a hosted API
- →Running a private AI assistant on minimal or embedded hardware
- →Local code assistance that keeps proprietary code off the cloud
- →Home automation and personal task scheduling via chat bots
- →Privacy-conscious users wanting self-hosted AI on low-cost devices
- →Deploying generative AI in enterprises
- →Applying ML to industry-specific problems
- →AI-driven business transformation (DX)
- →Integrating multiple AI models into applications using a single API
- →Accessing the latest AI models through a unified interface
- →Managing and scaling AI model usage with unlimited concurrency
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