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Small models, big moment
Why compact, specialized models are quietly reshaping the economics of useful AI.
The frontier gets the headlines, but the edge is where AI becomes infrastructure.
Smaller models trade universal fluency for speed, privacy, and focus. In many products, that is not a compromise. It is the feature.
“The interface is no longer a surface. It is a relationship.”
The teams that understand this shift will build products people can rely on—not because they are infallible, but because the exchange between person and machine is clear.