Tolan: Voice-First AI Companion — Paula Dozsa, Tolan
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Terms in this piece · Glossary
model routing — Sending each request to a model chosen by the difficulty of the task, rather than using one model for everything.
Why it matters
Details specific engineering (per-turn cheap/strong model routingSending each request to a model chosen by the difficulty of the task, rather than using one model for everything.Full definition →, tuned interruption handling, nightly-compressed retrieval memory) for keeping a high-volume voice product fast and coherent.
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