The economic profile of AI changes materially depending on whether the enterprise buys capability as a service, consumes an API, or hosts the model itself.
Glossary entry
Model Hosting
The way an AI model is deployed and run in production, whether through a managed provider, dedicated service, or self-hosted infrastructure.
Why it matters
Model hosting matters because deployment choice has major consequences for cost structure, performance, governance, utilization, and operating complexity.
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