Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue has voiced his support for Cursor's strategy of heavily investing in training its own AI models. He noted that this is an inevitable trend for any serious tech company in this space.
What's Happening
Instead of acting merely as 'resellers' of big tech's capabilities via APIs, companies like Cursor are choosing to train their own models using open-source foundations. According to Delangue, fully owning and controlling the model allows a company to optimize performance for specialized tasks and reduce dependence on third-party providers, who can change policies or pricing at any moment.
Why It Matters
This development sends an important signal to AI engineers in Vietnam: core value is gradually shifting from 'knowing how to call APIs' to the ability to 'fine-tune and train models.' This trend also fuels the growth of the open-source ecosystem, enabling smaller teams to build products that are just as competitive as expensive paid services, provided they have the right data and training strategy.