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Other AI Companies Should Be Very Afraid of What Just Happened to Character.AI, According to Its Own Bankruptcy Documents: Be afraid. (futurism.com)
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[–] [S] -4 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Absolutely. AI is an enterprise product - at least: for now. And Anthropic is in the pool position; https://eicker.news/@technews/117443237284007574

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  • [–] 4 points 17 hours ago* (3 children)

    AI is an enterprise product

    I think Google and Meta are well-positioned to provide AI services to regular people, since they both already have a large user base, existing cash flow from other non-AI products (meaning they can subsidize AI features for as long as they need to), and can probably outlast any startup. Google especially easily have enough paid users and advertisers to cover costs for free users.

    Most of thr other AI companies will probably all end up focusing on / pivoting towards enterprise use cases though, for the higher prices and stability of long-term contracts.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

    Exactly. Enterprise is where AI can actually earn its keep: companies will pay serious money if it cuts costs or boosts revenue. Consumer chatbots are mostly a costly distribution strategy for now. The real customers have procurement budgets, not a $20 subscription and a dream.

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  • [–] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    Are Enterprise companies gonna wanna be fucked by hyperscalers the same way they are fucked by Microsoft?

    I'd say no, they won't. Without the vendor lock in, it will be cheaper and more secure to run open source models locally on your own hardware.

    People are done outsourcing their essential workflows to non-competitive monopoly corporations.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 12 hours ago

    The funniest outcome would be hyperscalers spending billions convincing enterprises they need AI, only for those enterprises to deploy open-weight models on their own hardware. After decades of vendor lock-in, »we can run this ourselves« might be the most expensive sentence Microsoft ever hears. However, the reality in many organisations is also that they opt for the supposedly safer choice of turning to a third party, rather than taking action themselves.

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