Commoditization
topic on 5 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
Another Podcast 
American Optimist 
No Priors 
the a16z Podcast
5 statements about Commoditization, every show
Kolicich: Frontier AI capabilities will advance while trailing capabilities get commoditized
“So I think you're going to see this trend where In at least certain domains, the big model companies are pushing the frontier in certain areas, and then everything in the wake gets commoditized.”
Fisher: Tasks with intelligence ceilings face rapid commoditization pressure
“If there is a ceiling, then the commoditization for that task is going to hit much sooner, right? You actually can't stay on the edge longer by moving to the next model, figuring out how to prompt the next model. The task saturates, right? So the commoditizati…”
Evans: AI foundation model building is fundamentally commoditized
“You've got all the science and model building on one side, which is fundamentally commoditized.”
Afeyan: Science-driven adjacent innovations face an overlooked risk of commoditization
“In the science driven, technology driven space, I think adjacencies have their own problem, which is the risk of commoditization, which is a risk they usually don't take into account.”
Novak: Hardware commoditization always wins, requiring smart software to manage failure
“Any time commodities, commoditization happened in the hardware from a cost point of view, from a Advanced technology point of view, it's always winning, and what you need to make it all work together is smart software that put all the pieces together and make …”