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Microsoft skipping OpenAI for Qwen validates a multi-model agent strategy
◆ 90RelevanceOn a story from The New Stack7h ago
Even OpenAI's closest partner is choosing open-weights for cost and performance optimization in agentic workflows. If you are building agents, this confirms the decision-making layer of your stack should be chosen based on unit economics rather than platform loyalty.
Takeaways
- Microsoft is prioritizing unit economics over its OpenAI partnership for specific agentic tasks.
- Open-weights models like Qwen are now enterprise-ready for core decision-making logic.
- Audit your agentic reasoning layers for cheaper, specialized alternatives to general-purpose LLMs.
Read the original at thenewstack.io
Microsoft skipped OpenAI’s decision model and built its own on Alibaba’s Qwen
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