An API endpoint is not an inference engine.

The engineering decisions that determine latency happen below the route: batching, KV-cache precision, quantized kernels, memory residency and device submission.

Lizard treats the local machine as the inference provider. lizard-native owns the Direct3D 12 path; Caterpillar owns its compiled execution plan. The OpenAI-compatible endpoint is only the top layer.

Which layer of your current inference stack can you actually inspect and change?

Engineering fact: Lizard owns the local endpoint, scheduler, cache layout, kernels, quantization choices, and device execution path.

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