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open-models over API dependence

March 26, 2026clem

clem says Intercom is publicly finding it better, cheaper, and faster to train open models in house than to use APIs for many tasks, echoing a shift seen at Pinterest, Airbnb, Notion, and Cursor.

they’re finding it better, cheaper, faster to use and train open models themselves rather than use APIs for many tasks
After @Pinterest @Airbnb @NotionHQ @cursor_ai, today it’s @eoghan @intercom publicly sharing
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