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Why AI Models Aren’t the Product Any More | TWiAI Ep 18
This Week in AI
aired Jun 18, 2026 · 81.0m
Signal
85.4/ 100
Essential
confidence 0.99
Orig51.4
Actn100.0
Dens100.0
Dpth100.0
Clty55.7
Summary
SpaceX formally announced plans to buy Cursor for $60 billion in stock. The model is no longer the product.
Why listen
It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, think, know, including: Cursor once accounted for 40 to 50% of Anthropics total revenue.
Key takeaways
- 01The model is no longer the product
- 02The agent evaluations that sort of come on top, the harness, the user interface and so forth
- 03The majority of the data spend, in fact, probably close to 100% of it, will be on the agents and the application layer versus the model companies
Best for
research-minded practitioners comparing model behavior