# LLM API customers

LLM API customers include 2100+ companies, from universities to AI startups. The Mate Academy case study shows how benchmarking models and moving each feature to the most cost-efficient one cut their LLM costs.

Updated: 2026-10-19
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- **2100+** companies on LLM API
- **$36K** saved per year by Mate Academy
- **1 week** from first call to production

## Case studies

**How Mate Academy cut LLM costs**

> “LLM API gave us the flexibility to benchmark models and choose the most cost-efficient option without compromising user experience.”
>
> — Mate Academy

- $36K saved per year
- 1 week implementation time

[View case study](https://llmapi.ai/case-study/mate-academy/)

## Companies building on LLM API

Customers: Barnard College, Butte College, CarEdge, CSU Global, Doodle, Mate Academy, Praktika, Preply, Provectus, Rockland Community College, Simplify, Solidgate, University of Maryland.

Next step: [Get API key](https://app.llmapi.ai/signup)