If you put a layer between the customer and the LLM, a la ChatGPT/Claude, are you a Model-as-a-Service business? I think you are not. But then how thick does

If you put a layer between the customer and the LLM, a la ChatGPT/Claude, are you a Model-as-a-Service business? I think you are not. But then how thick does that layer need to be? I think the real win from these models is enabling well-funded/profitable companies to not be beholden to the big closed-weight providers. But I like the idea of letting a hundred flowers bloom for under $20M/y each.