The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier

TechCrunchby Rebecca BellanJuly 14, 2026tech

Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership. Do frontier models still matter if most production AI ends up running on open models?

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The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier

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