Cerebras

aid: cerebras
name: Cerebras
description: Cerebras Systems designs the wafer-scale WSE-3 chip and the CS-2/CS-3 AI systems built around it, and operates
  Cerebras Inference, a high-throughput cloud platform for running open-source large language models including Llama, Qwen,
  and DeepSeek families. Cerebras Inference is positioned as one of the fastest token-generation services in the market, with
  OpenAI-compatible REST endpoints, first-party Python and Node.js SDKs, and dedicated and on-prem deployment options for
  enterprise customers. The company partners with OpenAI, AWS, GSK, Mayo Clinic, and Notion, and maintains an active open
  source presence including its model garden and inference cookbook on GitHub.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cerebras.png
tags:
- AI Inference
- Large Language Models
- Wafer Scale
- Hardware
- Cloud
- OpenAI Compatible
- LLM
- SDK
- Accelerator
- High Performance Computing
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cerebras/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: cerebras:cerebras-inference-api
  name: Cerebras Inference API
  description: The Cerebras Inference API exposes ultra-low-latency inference for open-weight large language models including
    Llama 3.1, Llama 4, Qwen, and other frontier open models. The API is OpenAI-compatible at the chat completions surface,
    supports streaming, and is consumed via first-party Python and Node.js SDKs as well as raw HTTP. Dedicated and on-prem
    deployments are available for production workloads.
  humanURL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  baseURL: https://api.cerebras.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Inference
  - LLM
  - Chat Completions
  - OpenAI Compatible
  - Streaming
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/quickstart
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/Cerebras/cerebras-cloud-sdk-python
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/Cerebras/cerebras-cloud-sdk-node
  - type: Cookbook
    url: https://github.com/Cerebras/Cerebras-Inference-Cookbook
  - type: VSCodeExtension
    url: https://github.com/Cerebras/vscode-cerebras-chat
  - type: MCP
    url: https://github.com/Cerebras/cerebras-code-mcp
  features:
  - name: OpenAI-Compatible Chat Completions
    description: Drop-in compatibility with OpenAI client libraries for fast migration of existing applications.
  - name: Ultra-Fast Token Generation
    description: WSE-3 wafer-scale silicon delivers token-per-second throughput marketed as up to 15x faster than GPU inference.
  - name: Open-Weight Model Catalog
    description: Hosted access to Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, and other curated open-source models with no infrastructure setup.
  - name: Streaming Responses
    description: Server-sent event streaming for chat completions enabling real-time agent and voice UX.
  - name: Dedicated Endpoints
    description: Private capacity and custom model hosting via dedicated endpoint tier for production workloads.
  - name: First-Party SDKs
    description: Official Python and TypeScript/Node SDKs with typed model and parameter support.
  - name: On-Premises Deployment
    description: CS-2 and CS-3 systems for private data center and sovereign AI deployments.
  useCases:
  - name: Real-Time Voice and Agent Applications
    description: Power voice agents, copilots, and tool-calling agents that need sub-second time-to-first-token.
  - name: Coding Copilots
    description: Drive code generation and review assistants with fast inference on open-weight coding models.
  - name: Reasoning and Research Workloads
    description: Run long-context reasoning loops and chain-of-thought workflows economically at high throughput.
  - name: Enterprise Inference Migration
    description: Move existing OpenAI-based workloads to Cerebras with minimal code change for cost and latency wins.
  - name: Healthcare and Life Sciences
    description: Used by partners including GSK and Mayo Clinic for biomedical and clinical AI workloads.
  integrations:
  - name: OpenAI SDK
  - name: LangChain
  - name: LlamaIndex
  - name: Vercel AI SDK
  - name: AWS
  - name: Hugging Face
  - name: VS Code
  - name: Model Context Protocol
  authentication:
  - type: API Key
    description: Requests authenticate via Bearer token using a CEREBRAS_API_KEY provisioned from the Cerebras Cloud dashboard.
- aid: cerebras:cerebras-chat-api
  name: Cerebras Chat API
  description: OpenAI-compatible chat completions.
  humanURL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  baseURL: https://api.cerebras.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Chat
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cerebras-chat-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cerebras:cerebras-completions-api
  name: Cerebras Completions API
  description: Text completions.
  humanURL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  baseURL: https://api.cerebras.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cerebras-completions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cerebras:cerebras-models-api
  name: Cerebras Models API
  description: Discover available models.
  humanURL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  baseURL: https://api.cerebras.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cerebras-models-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cerebras-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/cerebras-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cerebras-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cerebras-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://cerebras.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://cloud.cerebras.ai
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.cerebras.ai/inference
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Cerebras
- type: ModelZoo
  url: https://github.com/Cerebras/modelzoo
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.cerebras.ai/blog
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cerebras-systems
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/CerebrasSystems
- type: Status
  url: https://status.cerebras.ai
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com