engineering · 24 Sep 2026 · 5 min
We replaced our decision stack with Jev. It worked.
How Aika replaced embedding and LLM decisions with Jev in live voice calls, and what batching, prefetching and checkout taught us.
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engineering · 24 Sep 2026 · 5 min
How Aika replaced embedding and LLM decisions with Jev in live voice calls, and what batching, prefetching and checkout taught us.
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How Aika replaced embedding and LLM decisions with Jev in live voice calls, and what batching, prefetching and checkout taught us.