SOTA Models

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Casado: Cursor built a near-SOTA coding model at 1/100th the cost
“So the interesting thing about cursors, they actually for, you know, a small fraction of the cost, a 100th the cost or less, developed an almost soda model, which for a period of time was the most popular coding model in the world, right?”
Martin Casado Feb 19, 2026 ▶ 52:29 Inside AI’s $10B+ Capital Flywheel — Martin Casado & Sarah Wang of a16z
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Garg: Open-source models trail proprietary SOTA models by only 6-12 months
“I also think that open source has demonstrated that while it can't compete with the SOTA models, it's only six to 12 months away.”
Ashu Garg Sep 19, 2025 ▶ 22:59 GPT-5 is NOT Your Competitor It's GPT-7 |Ashu Garg, Foundation Capital | Databricks,Turing, Cohesity
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No State-of-the-Art Model Can Reason While Processing Continuous Input
“None of the SOTA models can kind of think while also taking input.”
Kwindla Hultman Kramer May 6, 2025 ▶ 14:18 Voice AI Masterclass — Kwindla Hultman Kramer and swyx

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