Zortix matched this thesis to OpenAI’s public holders (MSFT, SFTBY, AMZN, NVDA) as the exposure the bearish case argues against, most actionable for readers who already hold them. Stakes as disclosed or reported. Not a recommendation.
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Open models and Chinese AI will win the bulk of the market
The case was made that open-source models, particularly from China, are going to win the bulk of the AI token market by undercutting the pricing of frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic.
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The Callback
Open source LLMs squeeze frontier lab margins
22 weeks between these two statements.
The case was made that open-source AI models and agent frameworks represent the biggest competitive threat to large, centralized frontier model companies, potentially undercutting them and capturing the majority of token usage.
The case was made that open-source models, particularly from China, are going to win the bulk of the AI token market by undercutting the pricing of frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic.