A latency budget assigns each stage — capture, model, network, render — a slice of the allowed delay, forcing trade-offs so the whole pipeline feels instant. Designing to a budget is how teams keep AI in a live call from making it lag.
The book · Volume 7 of 7
AI for Video: A Complete Guide to Intelligence in Video Products: From Real-Time Pipelines and Agents to Serving, Cost, Compliance, and Verticals
A latency budget forces every stage of a live AI pipeline to justify its milliseconds before the call starts to lag. This volume covers the latency budget in depth: sub-100 ms real-time pipelines, where AI plugs into WebRTC, live captions and translation, and serving choices that keep each stage on time. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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