Multi-model AI is creating a routing headache for enterprises

AI inference becomes core operational workload in firms

AI inference is now a core business workload as F5 finds 78% of firms run their own infrastructure and 93% operate across multiple clouds.

Multi-model AI is creating a routing headache for enterprises

Application teams are moving AI inference into production systems that support business operations. Enterprises are expanding traffic management, identity controls, observability, and routing systems for multiple AI models and environments. F5’s 2026 State of Application Strategy Report found that 78% of organizations operate their own inference services and 77% identify inference as their primary AI activity. They also operate or evaluate an av…