AI challenge

The AI solution is too slow

An AI feature that works correctly but needs twenty seconds for every step still feels broken. We find out where the time is really lost and which optimisations make sense.

Does this sound familiar?

AI latency often doesn't come from one big problem, but from a whole series of small waits added together.

  1. Every step waits for a model

    Calls run one after another when that isn't always necessary.

  2. Agents do much more work than expected

    One user action leads to a long chain of tool and model calls.

  3. Large amounts of context are sent again and again

    The same information is fetched and processed over and over.

  4. External systems slow down the whole flow

    One slow API holds back the rest of the user experience.

Where do you want to be?

The solution doesn't have to be instant everywhere. But it does have to feel fast enough for the process in which people actually use it.

Faster critical flows

The steps users wait for get attention first.

Insight into bottlenecks

You know which part of the model, application or integration causes the wait.

Deliberate performance choices

Speed, quality and cost are weighed against each other instead of being optimised separately.

Why does this happen?

Choosing a faster model helps little if the system meanwhile runs six unnecessary steps.

See how we approach this

The architecture is fully sequential

Work that could run in parallel or in the background now blocks the user.

Too much AI for simple tasks

Deterministic logic runs through a model where regular code would be faster.

Nothing is measured in a targeted way

Without timings and traces you easily end up optimising the wrong part.

Why 9to5 for this?

Speed depends on the whole system. That's why we look at AI, backend, database, integrations and the user flow at the same time.

View cases

Measure before optimising

Find the bottleneck first, only then make technical choices.

AI where it adds value

Not every step needs to go through a language model.

UX counts too

Sometimes the best improvement lies in processing differently or giving smarter feedback.

What else fits your situation?