Cloud AI Applications & Industry AI Solutions

Event-Driven & Streaming AI

Fraud, recommendations and alerts are worth most in the moment. Streaming AI scores events as they arrive and acts before the chance passes.

Multicloud AI & ERP / Cloud AI Applications & Industry AI Solutions

Event-Driven & Streaming AI: diagram comparing AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
How an event is scored in real time, and how AWS, Azure and Google Cloud each implement it.

Why it matters

A fraud decision after settlement is too late; a recommendation after the visitor leaves is wasted. Scoring events in real time turns AI from reporting into action.

How it works

Scoring in real time

An event such as a payment or click enters a stream. A processor enriches it with features from a store, a model scores it and the result triggers an action: block, alert or recommend. Events are archived for retraining and replay.

AWS, Azure and Google Cloud compared

AWSAzureGoogle Cloud
Event streamsKinesis, MSKEvent HubsPub/Sub, Managed Kafka
Stream processingManaged FlinkStream Analytics, FabricDataflow
Online featuresSageMaker Feature StoreAzure ML feature storeFeature Store in BigQuery
Real-time scoringSageMaker, BedrockAzure ML, FoundryAgent Platform endpoints, RunInference
Event routingEventBridgeEvent GridEventarc

What makes each cloud different

AWS

AWS pairs Kinesis or MSK with Managed Flink, SageMaker Feature Store for millisecond online features and EventBridge to route decisions to downstream systems.

Azure

Azure uses Event Hubs and Stream Analytics or Fabric Real-Time Intelligence, where Activator triggers actions when patterns appear, with Azure ML endpoints for scoring.

Google Cloud

Google runs Pub/Sub into Dataflow, where RunInference scores events inside the pipeline itself, with features served from BigQuery-based Feature Store.

Design decisions that matter

  1. 01Score as events arrive

    Batch only what can wait.

  2. 02Same features online and offline

    Avoid training-serving skew.

  3. 03Archive every event

    For retraining and replay testing.

  4. 04Set latency budgets

    End-to-end, per use case.

Common mistakes we see

  • Features computed differently in training and serving. Models behave unpredictably.
  • No replay capability. New models cannot be tested on history.
  • Synchronous calls in the stream. One slow service stalls the pipeline.

A practical 30-day plan

  1. Week 1

    Pick the real-time decision and its latency budget.

  2. Week 2

    Build the stream and feature pipeline.

  3. Week 3

    Deploy the model and the action path.

  4. Week 4

    Archive events and test replay.

How NTS helps

NTS builds streaming AI on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, covering event pipelines, feature stores, real-time scoring and automated actions for fraud, personalization and operations.

What you get

  • Real-time pipelines that score events with AI
  • Feature freshness for live decisions
  • Back-pressure and failure handling
  • Latency monitoring end to end

Typical outcomes

  • Instant decisions on live events
  • Fraud and issues caught as they happen
  • Reliable real-time AI at scale

How we work with you

  1. 1Assess

    A focused review of your event-driven and streaming AI across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. We look for the gaps we find most often: features computed differently in training and serving, no replay capability and synchronous calls in the stream.

  2. 2Design

    A target architecture and roadmap built on the decisions that matter most: score as events arrive, same features online and offline, archive every event and set latency budgets.

  3. 3Build

    Hands-on delivery alongside your team. We pick the real-time decision and its latency budget, build the stream and feature pipeline, deploy the model and the action path, and finally archive events and test replay.

  4. 4Run and improve

    We tune throughput, latency and costs, and update models in the stream safely.

Why teams choose NTS for event-driven and streaming AI

  • Real-time expertise

    We combine streaming and AI without breaking either.

  • Decisions in milliseconds

    We design for low latency from the start.

  • Resilient flows

    Pipelines keep running when models slow down.

Book a free 30-minute review

Talk to an NTS architect about your event-driven and streaming AI on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.