Enterprises Should Insource Critical Capabilities
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-07-13
The core argument here is that enterprises don't need to outsource all valuable capabilities to frontier LLMs.
The author believes:
- Once companies identify the capabilities truly driving product differentiation via evals, they can train these into smaller open-source models.
- Relying on a single "massive general-purpose model" for all specialized tasks is often slower, more expensive, and not necessarily better.
- A more valuable strategy is bringing the most token-intensive, moat-forming capabilities inside the enterprise's own trust boundary.
- Frontier labs will continue providing general intelligence, while enterprises will simultaneously see growing demands for both specialized and general layers.
The conclusion is clear: do not outsource the entire intelligence stack to general-purpose models.
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