Reflection co-founder Misha Laskin talks with Lightspeed’s Claire Zau about the open weights debate, arguing that closed and open models map neatly onto renting versus owning a home. He says AI gateways have shifted over six months from roughly 70% closed tokens to a majority of open ones, and makes the case that startups want control over cost, compute and data. China’s lead on open models and the history of strong encryption both feature.
Why AI startups are moving from renting models to owning them
A Reflection co-founder argues that companies which started out renting intelligence are now building toward ownership.
