Open-source AI shifts margins from model labs to compute providers, Gavin Baker says
mattbeane · x · 2026-07-23
Gavin Baker argues that open-source AI shifts margins from model labs to compute providers. Because cheaper tokens of equivalent intelligence get used more, he says structurally scarce compute becomes the real bottleneck, making neoclouds, Cerebras, and Nvidia attractive risk-reward plays.
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