Cerebras

Cerebras is an AI hardware and inference company known for the world's fastest AI inference speeds. Their cloud platform provides API access to open-source models like Llama running on Cerebras hardware, delivering responses significantly faster than traditional GPU-based infrastructure.

Why Cerebras?

• Fastest inference: Dramatically lower latency compared to standard GPU infrastructure
• Open-source models: Access to Llama 3.1 and 3.3 models
• Simple API: Compatible with the AI SDK for easy integration
• Speed-sensitive applications: Ideal when response time is critical

Getting Started

1. Get an API Key

Sign up at cerebras.ai and generate an API key.

2. Set Your Environment Variable

CEREBRAS_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

3. Install and Use

npm install @ai-sdk/cerebras

import { cerebras } from '@ai-sdk/cerebras';
import { generateText } from 'ai';

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: cerebras('llama3.3-70b'),
  prompt: 'What are the benefits of edge computing?',
});

Available Models

• llama3.3-70b — Meta Llama 3.3 70B (best quality)
• llama3.1-70b — Meta Llama 3.1 70B
• llama3.1-8b — Meta Llama 3.1 8B (fastest)

When to Use Cerebras

• Real-time conversational AI where latency matters
• Interactive coding assistants that need instant feedback
• High-throughput applications processing many requests
• Prototyping and development where fast iteration is important

Resources

• Cerebras Cloud Documentation
• AI SDK Cerebras Provider