May 08, 2026
Using GPT-4 for everything is expensive and slow. OpenPipe allows you to "distill" the intelligence of large models into smaller, faster, and cheaper ones like Llama 3 or Mistral, using your own production data as the training set.
OpenPipe acts as a proxy that logs your production requests to large models. Once you have enough data, the platform provides a one-click fine-tuning workflow that creates a custom model tailored specifically to your use case, often matching the performance of much larger models at a fraction of the cost.
After deployment, OpenPipe continues to monitor your custom model's performance, comparing it against the original "teacher" model. This ensures that you maintain high quality while enjoying the massive speed and cost benefits of a specialized, smaller model.