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Startups like Harvey, Abridge, Ramp, Rogo cut reliance on frontier AI APIs

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Bloomberg reports that startups including Harvey, Abridge, Ramp, and Rogo are adopting open-weight models or training their own models to reduce reliance on expensive frontier-lab APIs. Harvey, a $15.6 billion legal startup, has built its business around training models like OpenAI's GPT-4 for specialized legal work.

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    Some startups, like Harvey, Abridge, Ramp, and Rogo, are embracing open-weight models or training their own models to reduce expensive reliance on frontier labs (Bloomberg)

    Bloomberg : Some startups, like Harvey, Abridge, Ramp, and Rogo, are embracing open-weight models or training their own models to reduce expensive reliance on frontier labs — The $15.6 billion legal startup Harvey built its business around training AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4 to do specialized work for lawyers.

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