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API dependency risk from frontier labs

April 5, 2026clem

clem warns frontier AI labs may cut APIs entirely under compute constraints, making it risky to build businesses that rely only on top-of-stack hosted models.

wouldn’t be surprised if the frontier labs cut their APIs entirely at some point.
In a compute constrained world, they’ll always prioritize their own direct products/customers.
Makes it scary and unsustainable to only build on top
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