Nous Research CEO: AI labs will trap you or replace you as models commoditize
AI Engineer · youtube · 2026-11-05
In an AI Engineer talk, Nous Research CEO Dillon Rolnick argues commoditizing models force labs to recoup trillions either by locking businesses into their platforms and raising prices, or by pointing their own systems at lucrative industries like finance. Key claims: proprietary software moats are gone, agents are closer to operating systems than chatbots, and companies should build on open foundations they own (like Hermes Agent) so they can swap models and inherit new capabilities.
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