multimodal models

also referred to as: multimodal model

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 12, 2026 by Timothée LeCroix · across every show →

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Feb 12, 2026
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LeCroix: Small OCR models are often cheaper than large multimodal models
“Sometimes it's a lot cheaper to use a small OCR model to just get the text that you care about and then potentially post-process it or deal with it with another system than to run it through a large multimodal model that will basically do the same thing but at…”
Timothée LeCroix Feb 12, 2026 ▶ 49:25 Mistral AI vs. Silicon Valley: The Rise of Sovereign AI
Feb 19, 2026 negative
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Zeghidour: Large multimodal models are too massive to run voice profitably
“And at the same time, these models are so large, they cannot run at scale because they will just make everyone lose money in the process.”
Neil Zeghidour Feb 19, 2026 ▶ 32:37 Voice AI’s Big Moment: Top Researcher on Why Everything Is Changing (Neil Zeghidour, Gradium AI)
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