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GradientJ helps product teams deploy large language models at scale. Companies can use it to create GPT3 applications and monitor them in production.

Founders

Oscar A. Martinez

Daniel Bassett

‍Y Combinator (W23) Just Launched

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^{David J. Phillips @davj / 12:00 PM PST • January 27, 2023}

GradientJ enables companies to efficiently deploy and manage large language models at scale, assisting them in developing and monitoring GPT3-based applications in production. It's a web application that facilitates the construction, comparison, and deployment of prompts for LLMs such as GPT3.

GradientJ is the perfect solution for product teams considering the use of GPT3 in their products and seeking guidance on how to start the process. Additionally, it caters to teams that have already leveraged the power of LLMs to enhance their customer experience. It can be a very useful tool for those looking to optimize their workflow through faster iteration, improved organization, simplified cost, and performance evaluations; offering a practical on-ramp to a streamlined path of fine-tuning.
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The path from exciting prototype output with ChatGPT to deploying a production-ready GPT3 model is currently unclear and fraught with potential obstacles.

Despite some teams successfully launching their initial versions, the workflow frequently results in a disjointed array of makeshift processes and tools.

Deploying LLMs can be tricky, leading to uncertainty and a sense of self-doubt in one's ability to implement them correctly, often leaving people questioning their own methodologies. One common obstacle is using text documents with examples copy-pasted into the OpenAI playground, which may not accurately reflect the correct use case of the model. Many teams use a process that involves comparing prompts through an informal visual examination and an uniformed subjective evaluation of "ok this looks kinda good." These methods can lead to wasted hours spent fine-tuning a prompt on one example, only to find that it ultimately breaks on all the others. There's also the fear of users receiving senseless or offensive output from an LLM with an overactive imagination.

GradientJ solves all of these types of issues, because they've made a prompt engineering interface that:

Automatically offers suggestions for starting points or ways to improve your prompts.

Tracks your prompt versions and benchmark examples so you'll always be able to compare and select the most effective iterations for deployment.

Enables seamless deployment to a personal API endpoint with the added convenience of automatic cost and performance monitoring, all accomplished with a single click.

The GradientJ team is eager to hear from those currently utilizing LLMs in their application(s). If you're working to implement LLMs like GPT3 in your application(s) and need help releasing version 1 quickly, don't hesitate to contact them. Additionally, if you know of anyone using or considering using LLMs, let GradientJ assist them in turning their ideas into reality.