Revolut ditches Claude/Codex for open-source GLM, cuts AI bill by 90%
2C_ornot2C · x · 2026-11-03
Revolut (Europe's most valuable startup at $200B) found its 2,000 engineers burning $1,000-$10,000/month each on Claude Code and Codex with thin returns. It switched defaults to open-source GLM on rented Together AI GPUs: bills down to a tenth, unlimited tokens, coding time down 60%, lead time down 70%. Quoted by AukeHoekstra, who predicts AI's future in three tiers: self-run open-source personal assistants, ubiquitous cheap open weights doing most work, and a few frontier models for special tasks — trust trumps smarts.
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