Shopify's Fine-Tuned 0.8B Model Beats GPT-5.6, Saving $5 Million

Shopify's ML team fine-tuned a 0.8B open-weight model that beat GPT-5.6-sol-xhigh on specific tasks and saved about $5 million, which founder Tobi Lütke credits to purpose-built models with self-improving feedback loops.

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