State of Model Inference in 2026
The serving unit is no longer a model behind an endpoint. This field guide maps the engines, runtimes, state planes, routing contracts, and production choices shaping inference in 2026.
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- 01 Model serving KServe, vLLM, GPUs
- 02 Platform engineering Kubernetes, GitOps, IaC
- 03 Agent systems Runtimes, tools, tracing
- 04 Production operations Reliability, security, cost
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