THE MYTH OF THE AI INFRASTRUCTURE PHASE

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Can LLM infrastructure be built before LLM applications? The phrase “sell shovels in a gold rush” has led to a host of infrastructure for LLMs startups in the wake of the LLM boom. However, knowing the correct APIs and use cases for LLM infrastructure before real LLM-enabled applications are deployed for a long time is difficult. It may not be the time yet for AI infrastructure companies as actual AI applications need time to grow first so that actual problems can be discovered.