You need to start experimenting with open-source models right now if you haven't already. Until just a few months ago I would have said that it's optional, but the latest releases have been eye-opening. Learn how to set them up, learn the benefits and drawbacks, compare the cost for the throughput that you need, come to your own conclusions. It's hard to trust benchmarks, but Minimax M2.5 does feel close to SOTA, which should be terrifying to anyone working at an AI lab in the United…