Base AI models becoming commodity; value migrates up the stack

Base AI models becoming commodity; value migrates up the stack | we're seeing the baseline models for the moment become something of a commodity, and the value then migrates up the stack to Open Claw or other higher-level frameworks

we're seeing the baseline models for the moment become something of a commodity, and the value then migrates up the stack to Open Claw or other higher-level frameworks

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  "context": "baseline models for the moment become something of a commodity, and the value then migrates up the stack",
  "verbatim": "we're seeing the baseline models for the moment become something of a commodity, and the value then migrates up the stack to Open Claw or other higher-level frameworks",
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      "label": "API price collapse — flagship LLM costs fall 100x in 24 months",
      "notes": "OpenAI Nano $0.10-0.20/M tokens, validated commodity dynamic at low end.",
      "source": "https://pecollective.com/blog/llm-pricing-comparison-2026/",
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      "kind": "llm_pre_event",
      "label": "Multi-provider routing becomes industry default (40-60% cost savings)",
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      "label": "App-layer revenue overtakes foundation-model revenue at single AI lab",
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      "expected_date": "2027-06-16",
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        "to": "2028-06-30",
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      "measurement_criterion": "OpenAI / Anthropic / Google reports app-layer revenue (ChatGPT Plus, Claude.ai, Gemini Advanced, code agents) exceeding raw API revenue — 'value at the stack' tipping point"
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      "kind": "llm_post_event",
      "label": "Frontier-model gross margin compresses below 50%",
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      "source_id": null,
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      "expected_date": "2028-02-15"
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