Elon to Undercut Inference Costs with Open Source
markjeffrey · x · 2026-07-16
The post relays a perspective: Elon's goal is to commoditize inference capabilities, leveraging open source and traffic distribution to push Anthropic / OpenAI into a more passive position.
The underlying logic is that he has already gone public while his competitors haven't. If he can funnel all usage toward an open-source ecosystem, he could secure a significant commercial advantage.
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