Three‑Layer LLM Routing on AKS Slashes Agent Costs and Latency
Microsoft unveiled a three‑layer reference architecture for routing AI‑agent traffic on Azure Kubernetes Service. It selects the appropriate LLM per call, applies policy and auth via an OpenAI‑compatible gateway, then routes to the optimal GPU replica, letting cheap self‑hosted models handle simple steps while reserving Azure OpenAI for complex reasoning. The design cuts cost and latency while staying fully observable.