Stop Paying for AI Models. The Game Just Changed.
Open-weights AI models have quietly crossed the performance threshold where they match closed leaders like GPT-4. This isn’t a benchmark story โ it’s a paradigm shift. The base model layer is commoditizing, and the real competitive advantage has moved to data moats, inference infrastructure, and proprietary workflows. The question is no longer which model is best, but whether you’re equipped to own your AI stack or content to keep paying the toll.