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 ## OpenAI Proxy Server ([Docs](https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/proxy_server))
-Spin up a local server to translate openai api calls to any non-openai model (e.g. Huggingface, TogetherAI, Ollama, etc.)
+Create an OpenAI API compatible server to call any non-openai model (e.g. Huggingface, TogetherAI, Ollama, etc.)
 
 This works for async + streaming as well. 
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