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If you're trying to convince people to replace humans with your tech then I could see a business not wanting to appear like they're struggling with demand (alth
by garblegarble 4y ago
If you're trying to convince people to replace humans with your tech then I could see a business not wanting to appear like they're struggling with demand (although, like you I don't think that's the right choice).
Like the sibling comment said, it could also be limited by developer capacity - they reportedly have 350 employees (excluding contractors helping with training), with that elite size you wouldn't want to be supporting a large set of different clusters.
- varenc 4y agoRiffing on that a bit, I just don't get the sense OpenAI wants to be in the business of hosting mission critical APIs for Fortune 500 companies. To your point, running AWS level services is an entirely different business that doesn't make sense for OpenAI's relatively small team. If you need rock solid stability and scale, OpenAI and Microsoft would probably rather have you just use "Azure OpenAI" services, which is still hosting Codex: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/openai/how-to/work-with-code https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/o... Reading between the lines, I think OpenAI is signaling that if you want a more mature and stable product, go with Azure. If you want the latest cutting edge, and don't mind a little instability, keep using OpenAI API's.
- garblegarble 4y agoThat's a good take, I hadn't thought about it like that