THE TWO AI GATEWAY PATTERNS IN PRODUCTION INFERENCE

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There are two dominant architectural patterns for AI gateways in production inference: access gateways that route outbound requests from applications to multiple model providers, and serving gateways that manage inbound customer traffic for organizations operating their own models. Serving gateways act as an essential control layer for identity, routing, protection, metering, and auditing when exposing proprietary models commercially.