Most of agentic workloads doesn't require the power of the frontier models like Fable 5 or GPT-5.6 Sol. Instead, the cost and availability is the key. Open weight Chinese models resolved this problem and gain a big share of the market, and of course the political influence
There's also the aspect of data sovereignty. I expect a lot of companies and countries will want to run models they can control locally without being reliant on a third party to operate them. And of course running models yourself means you can customize them to your needs as well.
yes. data safety is one of the most important concern by some enterprises like biotech, finance, legal corprations.
It's interesting. I feel like most users who turn to AI will want the "smartest" agent, and the more AI infiltrates consumer tech the more consumers will be willing to pay a regular premium for the best, like the fastest internet or best phone.
Yeah it's pretty extreme. I know I threw my starlink out when I got a fiber line with a deal that was a little slower but half as expensive, so maybe I'd do the same for my AI.