Title is a bit of an exaggeration but the question is more: if the frontier models are so good, why even sell them as your primary money maker? Couldn't OpenAI or Anthropic make a lot more money by just starting compani…
New models reset the capability and price-performance frontier. Teams re-evaluate what to build on whenever a launch shifts what's possible per dollar.
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