u/pawan_kns

Not a perfect analogy, but self-hosting a 700B+ parameter open-weight AI model feels a bit like building your own power plant because you need electricity.

AI is obviously more nuanced. There are valid considerations around privacy, governance, compliance, and model control that don’t exist with electricity.

But here’s what I don’t quite understand.

For decades, enterprises have trusted Microsoft and Google with their emails, documents, contracts, and other highly sensitive business data. Yet when it comes to OpenAI or Anthropic, many suddenly draw the line on privacy.

Is the concern really about data privacy, or is it more about familiarity, procurement processes, and the perception of control?