Seibert: Open-source LLMs will become the 'Android' to OpenAI's 'Apple'
Jeff Seibert · Jeff Seibert: Why OpenAI Will Become an Infrastructure Play | E1085 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Nov 22, 2023 · at 22:21
Jeff Seibert, founder and CEO of Digits, compares the emerging AI landscape to mobile operating systems in a conversation with Harry Stebbings.
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“So the closed may win in terms of having the most advanced model, but I think the Apple versus Android comparison is exactly accurate. So you're going to have something proprietary that might be best because it can be fully vertically integrated. They have, they control all the different variables, but I think there's going to be an open source equivalent or more open equivalent. That's a very close second. And for many people and for many use cases, it's just as good. So what I'm really excited about is I can't wait to see who becomes the Android to open AI. Like who is clearly the, like solidifies the second tier.”
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