Gaia Co-Founder Identifies Centralized Models, Data Access As Key Roadblocks To Decentralized AI Shift
Even as artificial intelligence industry remains concentrated in the hands of major corporations like OpenAI and Google, Shashank Sripada, co-founder of Gaia, believes that while these firms have built powerful models, their dominance is not guaranteed.
“Despite significant investment, being first to market doesn’t ensure long-term success, just like we saw with Netscape and Internet Explorer,” he said, in an interview with Benzinga.
Sripada argues that the real value of AI will come not from large language models (LLMs) but from AI agents running a mix of open-source models.
“Our focus is on helping institutions, enterprises, and individuals rapidly and affordably build and deploy AI agents, rather than competing in the LLM race,” he explained.
One of the biggest misunderstandings about AI, according to Sripada, is that most people equate AI solely with large language models like ChatGPT.
“The public doesn’t fully grasp what AI agents are,” he said. “LLMs have mostly been used for convenience, but true AI agents will go beyond simple tasks to interact with followers, assist businesses, and even generate revenue in real time,” he said.
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