>"by using a single solution from a huge provider"
The parent didn't say that though and clearly didn't mean it.
Smaller SaaS providers have a problem right now. They can't keep up with the big players in terms of features, integrations and aggressive sales tactics. That's why concentration and centralisation is growing.
If a lot of specialised features can be replaced by general purpose AI tools, that could weaken the stranglehold that the biggest Saas players have, especially if those open weights models can be deployed by a large number of smaller service providers or even self hosted or operated locally.
That's the hypothesis I think. I'm not sure it will turn out that way though.
I'm not sure whether the current hyper-competitive situation where we have a lot of good enough open weights models from different sources will continue.
I'm not sure that AI models alone will ever be reliable enough to replace deterministic features.
I'm not sure whether AI doesn't create so many tricky security issues that once again only the biggest players can be trusted to manage them or provide sufficient legal liability protection.
The parent didn't say that though and clearly didn't mean it.
Smaller SaaS providers have a problem right now. They can't keep up with the big players in terms of features, integrations and aggressive sales tactics. That's why concentration and centralisation is growing.
If a lot of specialised features can be replaced by general purpose AI tools, that could weaken the stranglehold that the biggest Saas players have, especially if those open weights models can be deployed by a large number of smaller service providers or even self hosted or operated locally.
That's the hypothesis I think. I'm not sure it will turn out that way though.
I'm not sure whether the current hyper-competitive situation where we have a lot of good enough open weights models from different sources will continue.
I'm not sure that AI models alone will ever be reliable enough to replace deterministic features.
I'm not sure whether AI doesn't create so many tricky security issues that once again only the biggest players can be trusted to manage them or provide sufficient legal liability protection.