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Teams move routine AI work to open weight models to cut costs, and on Vercel's gateway those models carry most tokens
AI in Product
- Teams are moving routine AI work to open weight models, mainly to cut costs.
- Vercel's September index puts open weight models at 56% of its gateway's tokens, and Guillermo Rauch reported a 62% day in August.
- The Pragmatic Engineer reports teams saving about half their AI bill this way, and a Reddit post notes Cursor and Airbnb use open models.
- Much of the traffic data comes from one gateway, so it may not match other providers.
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r/LocalLLaMAreddit.com · 3 November 2026 · 4 threads
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