AI Foundations
Inference
The act of running a trained model to get an answer — i.e., actually using the AI, as opposed to training it.
Why it matters for your business
Most SMBs only pay for inference (usage), not training. It's the cost line that scales with how much you use a tool.
In practice
Every time your chatbot answers a customer, that's one inference — and most AI pricing is billed per inference.