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> Open is its own area, proprietary general models are a race to zero vs OpenAI and Google who are non-economic actors. Agreed > Make models usable is really v
by alfalfasprout 3y ago
> Open is its own area, proprietary general models are a race to zero vs OpenAI and Google who are non-economic actors.
Agreed
> Make models usable is really valuable
Sure... but is there really a moat here? Seems like OSS can address "making models usable" and without lockin from a startup.
- hgsgm 3y agoThat's like glorified rsync startups like Dropbox never got off the ground
- emadm 3y agoDon’t need lock in just support. Business model is called open core hundred of billions in market cap here as most folk don’t want to build/train their own models and will pay for support and help https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-core_model https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-core_model Can look at databricks and many kfheds