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20VC: Are OpenAI and Anthropic Overvalued? The Open-Source AI Reality | How Token Costs Will Fall 10x And Usage Will Explode 100x | The Future Is Not One AGI; It's Millions of Specialised Models with Lin Qiao, Founder and CEO @ Fireworks

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20VC: Are OpenAI and Anthropic Overvalued? The Open-Source AI Reality | How Token Costs Will Fall 10x And Usage Will Explode 100x | The Future Is Not One AGI; It's Millions of Specialised Models with Lin Qiao, Founder and CEO @ Fireworks

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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Lin Qiao is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fireworks AI, the leading specialized intelligence and AI inference platform that last week raised $1.5BN at a whopping $17BN valuation. With just 200 people, the company has hit $1BN in ARR and expects to hit $2BN bef...

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Lin Qiao, CEO of Fireworks AI, discusses her company's strategic bet on AI inference over training, a move that has propelled them to a $1 billion annual recurring revenue. She argues for a future of specialized, multi-model AI rather than a single, all-powerful AGI, and explores the implications for enterprise data, cost, and infrastructure.
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Token costs will drop 10x in three years.
07:00
Most data is private and locked inside enterprises.
13:02
Open models now match closed models in quality and are easier to tune.
19:03
Specialized models offer 5-10x cost reductions at scale.
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No single company should own intelligence.
28:03
A multi-model world with specialized models.
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Usage will explode as costs decrease.
43:00
Token costs will drop 10x in three years.
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AI workloads are still too dynamic for durable chips.
1:13:30
Every company will own its own intelligence.

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Fireworks AI CEO on the future of AI inference.
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Why Did Fireworks Bet on Inference When Everyone Else Was Chasing Training?
07:00
Can Open-Source Models Turn AI Infrastructure into a Commodity?
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Should Enterprises Trust Chinese Open Models With Their Most Sensitive Data?
19:00
Will Model Progress Keep Moving This Fast—or Are We Nearing a Plateau?
25:00
Will the Multi-Model World Create a $100BN Routing Layer?
28:00
How Much Will AI Token Usage Explode Over the Next Two Years?
37:00
Will Token Costs Fall 10x—and Unleash 100x More Demand?
43:00
Does Fireworks Eventually Have to Build Its Own Data Centres?
49:00
What Is the Real Bottleneck Holding Back the AI Economy?
1:02:00

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Lin Qiao: what I don't want to see is there's only one company owns intelligence. I think that doesn't make sense to me. I think last year is the year of coding, and this year is the year of co-work. I do think the cost of token will go down drastically, 1...