
Fireworks AI: Specialized Models > AGI Fever Dreams
While OpenAI and Google chase AGI fantasies, Fireworks AI bets on specialized models and inference infrastructure — the boring play that might actually pay off.

While OpenAI and Google chase AGI fantasies, Fireworks AI bets on specialized models and inference infrastructure — the boring play that might actually pay off.

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