> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://fireworks.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Fireworks.ai is a lightning-fast inference platform that helps you serve your large language models (LLMs).

1. Visit [app.fireworks.ai](https://app.fireworks.ai).
2. Click the "**Sign In**" button in the top navigation bar.
3. Click "**Continue with Google**" and authenticate with your Google account. A new Fireworks developer account will be provisioned for you the first time you sign in.
4. Next, we'll provision a new API key.
   1. Click on "**API Keys**" in the left navigation bar.
   2. Click on "**New API Key**" and give your new API key a name.
      ![](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/fireworks/images/e056cbd-Screenshot_from_2023-08-21_16-00-15.png)
5. Now we're ready to use a model!
   1. Click on "**View Models**" in the left navigation bar.
   2. Click on any of the available models, we'll use "**Llama 2 70B Chat**".
   3. Enter in a prompt and click "**Generate Completion**".
      ![](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/fireworks/images/3e7f713-Screenshot_from_2023-08-21_16-06-25.png)

Check out the following guides to see what else you can do with Fireworks:

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  <Card title="Fine-tuning your own model" icon="robot" iconType="duotone" href="" />

  <Card title="Deploying a fine-tuned model" icon="rocket-launch" iconType="duotone" href="" />

  <Card title="Calling a model programatically" icon="webhook" iconType="duotone" href="" />

  <Card title="Calling Fireworks from LangChain" icon="fire" iconType="duotone" href="" />
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Have fun! If you have any questions, please reach out to us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/mMqQxvFD9A) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thefireworksai).