Agent swarms are the third scaling axis: 10,000+ agents behind recent model breakthroughs
paraschopra · x · 2026-09-18
Entrepreneur Paras Chopra argues AI has scaled along two axes so far: first data & model size, then RL environments & compute. He claims model companies are now scaling a third axis — agent swarms — pointing out that recent eye-popping model behaviors emerge from 10,000+ agents working together intelligently.
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