Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_ai · XThe Grid推出新的LLM推理平台，用实时供需市场定价取代传统的固定费率。它按任务难度分层：简单任务（如分类）用“standard”，常规生产任务（如RAG、智能体步骤）用“prime”，高难度任务（如长上下文推理）用“max”。应用将请求发送至The Grid，平台会自动匹配该层级当前最便宜的可用供应商。开发者仍使用单一API，但后端模型可动态切换。新账户享受前200 million tokens免费额度。文中以Hermes Agent集成为例，展示了如何通过“agent-prime”层级处理工单。
Most teams are overpaying for inference without realising it. Fixed rate cards have no competitive pressure.
The Grid replaces them with live supply and demand， prices track the market， not a vendor's margin.
The Grid sits in the middle and basically says， "Don't pick the model， pick the level of work you need."
A boring task like classifying support tickets does not need the smartest model， so it can run on standard.
A normal production task like RAG， drafting， support replies， or agent steps can run on prime.