AI users care about task completion and privacy, not underlying models
Kris Marszalek · Why I Spent $70M to buy AI.com · Feb 11, 2026 · at 15:52
Kris Marszalek, founder of AI.com and CEO of Crypto.com, discusses whether AI.com plans to train its own proprietary foundation models.
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“Our users don't really care about which model runs in the background as long as the job gets done and their data is safe.”
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