Do you agree with Palantir CEO Alex Karp that the enterprise "tokenmaxxing" business model has "gone completely wrong" with minimal ROI? Will open-weight models inevitably win?
Summary
Palantir CEO Alex Karp criticized the API token pricing model of commercial AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, arguing it offers minimal ROI and that open-weight models are winning as enterprises seek control over their data and compute.
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