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The Post-Model Stack

Why the "Best Model" is a commodity, and the "System" is the moat.

In the early days of GenAI, the roadmap was simple: "Pick the smartest model." Today, that strategy is obsolete. Model leadership changes every few months, and performance gaps are narrowing to razor-thin margins.

The Challenge: Vendor Lock-in and Legacy Code.

Building your entire application around a specific vendor's SDK is a strategic risk. When a competitor releases a model that is 50% cheaper or 20% faster, migration becomes a costly refactor rather than a configuration change.

Recommendation: Build Compound AI Systems.

We advocate for a "Post-Model" Architecture. In this paradigm, the LLM is treated like a CPU—a swappable, commoditized component.

The real value lies in the Model-Agnostic Abstraction Layer that surrounds it: your routing logic, your evaluation suites, and your tool definitions. By decoupling your business logic from the model provider, you gain the agility to swap engines overnight, ensuring you are always running on the optimal price/performance curve.