L3Harris says fine-tuned open-source models beat frontier AI in 48 hours at 95% lower cost
eliano · x · 2026-09-11
Defense firm L3Harris says that with Palantir's help it fine-tuned open-source models on its own data and outperformed frontier models in under 48 hours at 95% lower cost, arguing "AI is a commodity — it's all about the data." Palantir CEO Alex Karp echoed the sentiment, saying enterprises want to own the model rather than pay per token, and that token pricing is why AI labs lose money.
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