alt Hacker News> The current prices the largest players set for their models are not profitable, they bleed money.
How are the open-weight Chinese models staying ~6-12 months behind on widely distributed / commodified hardware, and serving for even lower prices?
> The current prices the largest players set for their models are not profitable, they bleed money.
How are the open-weight Chinese models staying ~6-12 months behind on widely distributed / commodified hardware, and serving for even lower prices?
By distilling the US SOTA models, which is cheaper than creating from scratch.