OpenAI is well positioned to fast-follow Jev

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TypeSafe’s Jev is a genuine breakthrough – snap judgments with calibrated probabilities instead of generated text. My bet is OpenAI is already figuring out how to copy it, and then embed it inside its own models where Jev can’t follow.

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TypeSafe’s Jev introduced a new spin on large language models that has taken the AI world by storm. According to Vercel , “Jev was adopted faster than any other model in AI Gateway history.” … But there are clouds forming on the horizon. OpenAI is undoubtedly paying attention – and deciding what to do next.

I wish all the best for TypeSafe, but if they truly live up to their promises, then I’m concerned that OpenAI is well positioned to fast-follow – not only to replicate Jev’s flagship product, but also to fold that capability into upcoming models and agents and offer some really useful new behavior that Jev is not positioned to reproduce.

Here is my thesis in brief: OpenAI has for years used their LLMs as implicit classifiers; they just haven’t trained them for general classification tasks and they haven’t packaged up general classification as a stand-alone product. If OpenAI can replicate the training, then they will be able to replicate Jev in short order.

The key factor deciding all of this is whether or not TypeSafe has a moat to protect themselves.

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