From Brooklyn Classrooms to Enterprise Agents and Harnesses with Sachin Kamdar of elvex

This episode confronts the frontier model vs. open-weight debate and the economics driving model choice. Kamdar argues that models are increasingly commoditized for routine enterprise uses; open-weight options now offer competitive capability at far lower cost, shifting procurement toward model routing and hybrid architectures. He also challenges narratives about AI-triggered layoffs, citing evidence that AI-native firms often grow headcount while vastly increasing throughput. The episode closes with a forward-looking warning and playbook: companies that pursue an offensive strategy of adopting the right platforms, observability and context engineering will outpace those that cling to protectionism or paralysis.

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The Practical Work Benchmark Report - https://www.elvex.com/resources/practical-work-benchmark-reportStudy of 3.8 million messages to understand how Prompt Engineering is changing - https://www.elvex.com/resources/context-engineering-replacing-prompt-engineeringelvex website: https://www.elvex.com/Sachin Kamdar on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamdar/elvex on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/elvexai/

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