I have a few of my customers using AI and they are asking me to build self owned AI server running open source models. With about $20k you can have your own lit

I have a few of my customers using AI and they are asking me to build self owned AI server running open source models. With about $20k you can have your own little AI beast and do a lot with it. They do this because proprietary AI models are not flexible enough and are lacking a lot of API. For example, one app I wrote was to analyze scans of old maps and use generative AI to extrapolate and create animations. I don't know where the market will go. But my feeling is that large proprietary models are very good at a very limited type of work and that open source will provide diversity.