Specialized APIs are the real edge for profitable AI agents, not vanilla models
eptwts · x · 2026-07-26
The author argues that the real answer is specialized APIs: packaged frameworks that help AI agents carry out profitable actions far better than vanilla models do on their own.
They add that these frameworks need to be niche enough that it would not make sense for the labs to absorb them directly into their own stacks.
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