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Summary
Hosts Harry Stebbings, Rory O’Driscoll, and Jason Lamkin analyze China’s new open-weight AI models and the resulting US policy debates. They discuss OpenRouter’s potential acquisition, Ramp’s new router, and Databricks’ massive funding round. The episode highlights the dominance of AI infrastructure investments over application-layer revenue, noting that while demand for cheaper models grows, security concerns persist.
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