Open-source models can push more value into GPU rents while compute stays scarce

davidmanheim · x · 2026-07-27

Open-source models can make every GPU hour more valuable, because the extra value gets bid into rent instead of staying with the model lab’s margin. The argument only holds while compute remains scarce — and the post says GPUs and RAM are still very scarce, which benefits hardware providers.

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