How Memo AI actually works.
Five AI models. One unified interface. A custom-built cascade architecture, real-time streaming, and zero-cost operation. Here's the full picture.
The request flow.
Every message you send travels through 8 stages. Most complete in under 200 milliseconds.
User sends message
Frontend captures input, attachments, voice, or drag-drop. Streams via SSE.
Quota check
Per-user, per-model rate limit verified against company-wide hardware capacity.
Intent detection
Auto-detect: image generation? web search? vision? document analysis? plain chat?
Cascade routing
Selected model's primary engine is tried first. If rate-limited, rotates through 9 keys.
Inter-model fallback
If all 9 keys exhausted, falls through to next model in the cascade chain. <50ms.
Stream tokens
Reasoning trace separated. <think> blocks captured & hidden behind toggle.
Markdown rendering
Custom parser handles tables, code blocks, lists. Theme-aware styling.
Persist & log
Saved to encrypted Supabase. Event logged for admin dashboard. Sources cited.
Model parameters.
Specs for every brain inside Memo AI — total parameters, active parameters, context window and primary strength.
Performance by the numbers.
Time to first token (lower is faster) and tokens per second (higher is faster). Measured across thousands of production requests.
Token economics.
Total daily processing capacity across all models, all keys, all engines combined. And what it costs Memo Fashion.
Memo AI vs the rest.
How Memo AI stacks up against the leading commercial AI products. We deliberately built the features that matter most for Memo Fashion's workflow.
| Feature | Memo AI | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real-time streaming | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 5 models in one app | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Web search built in | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Image generation | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Document upload (10 files) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Excel/Word/PDF download | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Visible reasoning trace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Temporary chat | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Light & dark mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PWA installable | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Voice input | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Drag & drop files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Custom branding | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Fully owned & in-house | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cost to Memo Fashion | £0 | £20+/user | £18+/user | £18+/user |
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