Forge launches with Arcee, Microsoft, Vercel to push open weight models to the frontier
inkko44 · x · 2026-09-15
Eric Simons publishes an article arguing for accelerating open weight models to the frontier, countering closed labs' slowdown calls, noting the gap has been closing for two years. He launches Forge in partnership with Arcee, Microsoft, Vercel, Fireworks, and DigitalOcean to bring abundant tokens to all.
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