Open-weight models may take off within months, leaving US labs a narrow window to lock in customers
haider1 · x · 2026-10-25
Blogger haider predicts open-weight models are months away from takeoff: "not many people are ready for DeepSeek V4 Pro," and Kimi K3.1's pricing and usage limits are hard to justify when Qwen and DeepSeek are practically free. He argues US labs have only a small window to lock in customers before the gap closes further.
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