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Ep49: Why "Open" AI Models Aren't Free For Enterprise: The $30k a Month Reality | Rickard Hansson
Ep49: Why "Open" AI Models Aren't Free For Enterprise: The $30k a Month Reality | Rickard Hansson
The subsidised token era is ending and the bill is landing. Rickard Hansson joins Ben Drakes for the first of a new fortnightly AI news strand — no pitch, no sales, just the AI news that matters if you run a business. Why your Claude context window disappears faster than it used to, how Ben accidentally became his own model router, what OpenRouter and Goose actually do, and the uncomfortable truth about "open" models: only the weights are open, and hosting one yourself starts around $30,000 a...