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The speaker thinks model labs could remain viable businesses if they repeatedly release new models with margins sufficient to amortize the cost of training them.
Unresolved speaker · Why AI Compute Comes in Rectangles — Erik Bernhardsson, Modal CEO · 22 Oct 2026
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“So like as long as the, the labs like repeatedly can launch new models and as long as the margin that they have on those models are such that they, they can sort of pay off, amortize like the, the cost of training those models, it could still be like a decent business, I think.”1:23:09Report a misattribution
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