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US Firms Shift Spending to Open-Weight AI Models
Original: U.S. Companies Abandon Pricey Frontier AI for Open-Weight Models—Token Share Jumps from 7% to 56%
US companies are moving away from expensive frontier AI models toward open-weight alternatives, with the share of tokens processed by open-weight models jumping from 7% to 56%. The shift suggests businesses increasingly see open models as good enough for production work at a fraction of the cost, reshaping the AI market.
Why now: The steep drop in frontier model usage signals a major cost-driven change in how US companies buy AI.
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Evidence
- U.S. Companies Abandon Pricey Frontier AI for Open-Weight Models—Token Share Jumps from 7% to 56% · finance.biggo.com
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