Voice Synthesis Leader Achieves Significant Cost Savings and Operational Stability
Customer: Respeecher
Industry: AI Voice Synthesis & Speech Technology
Previous Solution: AWS Capacity Blocks
Key Results: 3X cost reduction vs AWS, Enhanced infrastructure stability, Fastest NFS in company experience
Executive Summary
Respeecher, a leading voice synthesis technology company known for contributing to projects like "The Mandalorian," has significantly optimized its AI training operations by reducing infrastructure costs to one-third of its previous AWS spending. Renowned for winning both Emmy and Golden Globe awards, Respeecher achieved greater stability by partnering with Aethir’s decentralized GPU infrastructure. This shift eliminated operational challenges related to provider transitions while preserving enterprise-grade performance and reliability for their demanding production workflows.
The Challenge: Managing Costs and Provider Complexity
As Grant Reaber from Respeecher's team explains, the company faced several infrastructure challenges:
- High AWS Costs: The team was using AWS capacity blocks (initially due to credits), which proved expensive for their needs
- Provider Switching Fatigue: Constantly moving between different infrastructure providers created operational overhead
- Storage Performance Needs: Required fast, reliable network file systems for their data pipelines
The Solution: Aethir's Decentralized Infrastructure
Respeecher implemented Aethir's GPU infrastructure platform, which delivered:
- Competitive Bare Metal Performance: Servers performing at the same level as other bare metal providers in their class
- Cost-Effective Pricing: One-third the cost of comparable AWS capacity blocks
- Fast Network File System: The fastest NFS Respeecher has experienced to date
- Provider Stability: Consistent infrastructure without the need to switch providers
The Results: Real Cost Savings with Operational Benefits
Cost Comparison:
3X Cost Reduction
"AWS capacity blocks would cost about 3x what we pay on Aethir for a similar machine," confirms Grant Reaber.
Performance Observations:
Comparable Performance
"Everything has worked great for us so far... it is similar to what we would see with other bare metal servers of the same class."
Exceptional NFS Speed
"The NFS is really cool because it's the fastest NFS we have experienced, and it is not super expensive and solves some headaches for us."
Operational Impact:
Infrastructure Stability
"One of the biggest wins has been having some stability where people know that we have some good servers and they won't have to switch around between different providers."
Model Training Progress
"We've already trained slightly bigger models," notes Reaber, with potential for more significant improvements once data pipelines are optimized.
Current State and Future Potential
While Respeecher's scale of training hasn't dramatically changed since starting with Aethir, the team sees clear potential for growth. Grant Reaber explains: "If we sort out some data pipeline issues then we will just be able to train bigger models than in the past."
The combination of cost savings, infrastructure stability, and high-performance storage positions Respeecher to expand their model training capabilities as they continue to optimize their workflows.
Key Takeaways
Respeecher's experience with Aethir demonstrates three critical benefits:
- Significant Cost Reduction: Achieving the same performance at one-third the cost of AWS capacity blocks
- Operational Stability: Eliminating the disruption and overhead of switching between providers
- Performance Without Compromise: Maintaining bare metal performance standards with exceptional storage speed
What Grant Reaber Would Tell Other CTOs:
"If you're using AWS capacity blocks, you could be paying 3X more than necessary. Aethir gives us stable, high-performance infrastructure at a fraction of the cost, plus the fastest NFS we've used. The stability alone—knowing we have good servers without constantly switching providers—has been one of our biggest wins."
About Respeecher
Respeecher is a voice cloning and speech synthesis company providing AI-powered voice technology for entertainment, gaming, and content creation industries worldwide.
About Aethir
Aethir provides decentralized cloud infrastructure for AI and gaming workloads, delivering enterprise-grade GPU compute through a global network of distributed resources.
