# Service Providers (SPs) SP are individuals, projects, or companies that offer AI services, including middleware services, data sets, libraries, computation, and storage solutions. They might provide a single services or complete orchestration pipelines. SPs typically operate on a pay-as-you-go or subscription basis. A SP may choose to run their own AI services, for example provide inference on their own model. But they can also choose to act as intermediaries for third-party APIs (such as OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.). SPs are also responsible for running the Griffin AI software and operating a Full Node. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://griffin-ai.gitbook.io/knowledge-base/network-participants-and-contributors/service-providers-sps.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.