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Erik considers researchers and teams training smaller models an underserved training market, distinct from hyperscaler-scale training deals.
Unresolved speaker · Why AI Compute Comes in Rectangles — Erik Bernhardsson, Modal CEO · 22 Oct 2026
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“They're gonna go and, like, you know, do these, like, you know, big hyperscaler or, or rather neo- neo-cloud mega deals and get, you know, a hundred thousand GPUs or whatever.”
“But, but, but there is, like, a little bit of an underserved market of, like, in my opinion, you know, like, researchers iterating or, like, people training smaller models.”39:14Report a misattribution
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