Buying AI from closed frontier model providers looks like the pragmatic default: no GPUs, no model-serving infrastructure, and a low barrier to entry. But making critical workflows depend on them creates cost, capability, sovereignty, and confidentiality risks. A model router can preserve access to frontier models while keeping those trade-offs visible and manageable.
https://fale.io/blog/2026/10/19/on-buying-intelligence-as-a-service
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