The problem with all these "AI box" startups is that the product is too expensive for hobbyists, and companies that need to run workloads...
The problem with all these "AI box" startups is that the product is too expensive for hobbyists, and companies that need to run workloads at scale can always build their own servers and racks and save on the markup (which is substantial). Unless someone can figure out how to get cheaper GPUs & RAM there is really no margin left to squeeze out.
Posted by paxys on Mar 21, 2026, 10:32 PM
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Yeah, the plan is far too expensive for what it provides.
NewCrashed demand after one of the big AI labs (probably Anthropic because they focus way too hard on expensive frontier models) become inso...
New/dev/random is much too expensive for this.
Yeah, this always bugged me.
A year ago, I had the opinion that it'd be too expensive for developers to support offline mode, peer to peer, or community servers after...
The weird thing about this product is that its biggest competitor is "an old ipad." I feel like most of their target customer base alread...
There's a talk from Travis Kalanick recently on a podcast about this.
>nobody ever bought German cars for their low prices, except the Beetle Huh?
The problem with all these "AI box" startups is that the product is too expensive for hobbyists, and companies that need to run workloads...
The problem with all these "AI box" startups is that the product is too expensive for hobbyists, and companies that need to run workloads at scale can always build their own servers and racks and save on the markup (which is substantial). Unless someone can figure out how to get cheaper GPUs & RAM there is really no margin left to squeeze out.
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