The Control Plane for AI
What is an AI Gateway?
An AI Gateway is a specialized API Gateway designed to manage, secure, and observe traffic to Large Language Models (LLMs). It acts as a middleware between your applications and AI providers, ensuring reliability, cost control, and data privacy.
How it Works
Traffic flow from Agents to LLMs
Unified Interface
Your agents talk to one standard API, regardless of the underlying model (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
Intelligent Proxying
The gateway handles retries, fallbacks, and load balancing across multiple providers.
Security
Built-in authentication, rate-limiting, and prompt level protections to protect sensitive data.
Logging & Monitoring
Detailed logs and metrics for all requests and responses for auditing and performance tuning.
Why do you need an AI Gateway?
Standard API Gateways aren't enough for the unique challenges of LLMs.
Cost Control
LLMs charge by token, not request. AI Gateways track token usage in real-time, allowing you to set budgets per user or team.
Latency Reduction
Semantic caching stores responses for similar prompts, serving them instantly without hitting the expensive model provider.
Data Privacy (PII)
Automatically detect and redact sensitive data (emails, credit cards) from prompts before they leave your secure perimeter.
Model Agnosticism
Avoid vendor lock-in. Switch from GPT-4 to Claude 3 or a cheaper open-source model with a simple configuration change.
Ready to implement?
Check out our detailed guide on setting up an AI Gateway and best practices for production.