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A $3M training budget now buys you a top-tier open model
◆ 85RelevanceOn a story from Latent Space1mo ago
The capital requirement for frontier-level performance is falling faster than most founders anticipated, commoditizing raw intelligence. This shifts the strategic advantage from those with the most compute to those with the best proprietary data and distribution.
Takeaways
- Frontier-level open weights are now achievable with mid-seven-figure training budgets.
- Evaluate MiMo-V2.6-Pro as a high-performance, lower-cost alternative to proprietary APIs.
- The compute moat is shrinking; focus on vertical-specific data for long-term differentiation.
Read the original at latent.space
[AINews] Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro 1T-A42B: the new top Open Weights model, trained for $3M
fmode.me/n/ainews-xiaomi-mimo-v26-pro-1t-a42b-the-new-top-open-weights-model-trained-for-3m
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