# Overview

DeGirum PySDK is a Python library designed to make AI development and deployment simple and efficient. With PySDK, we aim to provide APIs with a very low barrier to entry for AI model inferencing while ensuring maximum performance. It is engineered for optimal pipelining and hardware acceleration across CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, and AI accelerators.

Our goal is to provide a consistent API so your code can target multiple supported runtimes and devices without changing application logic. PySDK integrates with DeGirum AI Hub, eliminating the need for manual model downloads. Whether you're running AI locally, on an AI server, or using hardware hosted in our AI Hub, the same PySDK code works across all environments.

## Why Developers Use PySDK

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