Cutting agent latency from 30s to 8s without model swap
SapotaCorp successfully reduced the latency of an AI chat product from 31 seconds to 8 seconds without changing the underlying model. This improvement was achieved by optimizing the agent's structure rather than switching to a faster model. As a result, the user abandonment rate dropped by 70%.
- ▪The original AI chat product had a p95 response latency of 31 seconds, with the model contributing only 11 seconds to that total.
- ▪By parallelizing tool calls, eliminating unnecessary intermediate steps, and implementing response streaming, latency was significantly reduced.
- ▪The changes made did not involve altering the AI model, demonstrating that structural optimizations can yield substantial performance improvements.
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