AI founders want cheaper flash models, run thousands of agents instead of hiring
rakyll · x · 2026-11-14
Takeaways from dinner with AI startup founders in Miami: they prefer cheap flash models (Sonnet, Hydrogen) over frontier ones (Fable, Carbon) for their products; they closely track every lab's launches; customer acquisition remains their hardest problem; and they'd rather spend on tokens than headcount, running thousands of agents daily instead of hiring employees.
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