Developers ditch self-hosting for Fireworks AI and Tinfoil, says iamtrask
iamtrask · x · 2026-10-11
Following up on the 30% drop in HuggingFace downloads for top open LLMs, iamtrask adds his guess: people are spending less time hosting models themselves, leaning instead on services like Fireworks AI and Tinfoil.
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