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I don't think this will be a successful business model. Niche AI models cost a lot of money to gather the right dataset and train, but they would probably only
by ipsum2 5y ago
I don't think this will be a successful business model. Niche AI models cost a lot of money to gather the right dataset and train, but they would probably only sell to <100 companies/individuals. So pricing a model at $50-100 isn't profitable. If you're selling general CV models, you have to compete with the plethora of open source ones, including ones that Google and Facebook release for free, which are trained on huge datasets and using a lot of compute resources.
- pepe-sad 5y agoIt looks like model-as-a-service. Cool feature, isn't it?
- gieoon 5y agoI agree, it seems like fine-tuning the massive open source models is better than buying small niche models. Curating the dataset is also a non-trivial amount of work that has to be customised per client. However with further adoption of AI into new markets new clients may emerge.
- meragrin_ 5y agoAre they selling models or making introductions? As you say, niche models have small audiences which makes it all the more likely the models will require modifications. Discussing those modifications provides an opening to adjust the pricing.