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> It's past time for LMArena people to sit down and have some thorough reflection on whether it is still worth running at all They've raised about $250 million
by fuddle 8mo ago
> It's past time for LMArena people to sit down and have some thorough reflection on whether it is still worth running at all
They've raised about $250 million, so I don't see that happening anytime soon.
- londons_explore 8mo agoI kinda assumed they wouldn't need any money because AI companies give them free credits to evaluate the models, and users ask questions and rate for free because they get to use decent AI models at no cost... Beyond that there is coding up a web page, which as we all know can be vibe coded in a few hours... What else is there to spend money on?
- c0balt 8mo agoThey don't need to spend extensively for tokens, but they gain extensively from charging for access once they've become an established player.
- swyx 8mo agoi asked them this in my interview. tldr they subsidize all inference on their platform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBnOk0Uy9ig&t=70s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBnOk0Uy9ig&t=70s