Fireworks AI Has a Free API: Deploy Open-Source Models 10x Faster

What is Fireworks AI? Fireworks AI is a generative AI inference platform optimized for speed and cost. They serve open-source models like Llama 3, Mixtral, and their own FireFunction model with industry-leading latency — often 2-10x faster than competitors. Why Fireworks AI? Free tier — 600K tokens/day free, no credit card required Fastest inference — custom FireAttention engine optimized beyond standard vLLM OpenAI-compatible API — drop-in replacement Function calling — FireFunction-v2 rivals GPT-4 for tool use at 1/10th the cost Fine-tuning — LoRA fine-tuning from $0.40/hour On-demand deployment — deploy any HuggingFace model in minutes Quick Start from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI ( base_url = " https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1 " , api_key = " your-fireworks-key " # Free at fireworks.ai ) response = client . chat . completions . create ( model = " accounts/fireworks/models/llama-v3p1-70b-instruct " , messages = [{ " role " : " user " , " content " : " Explain GitOps in