Home Speakers Matt Garman Quote One of the things that's driven up a bunch of cost of AI is that people were trying to use the best model for every single thing...
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More from Matt Garman Press AWS CEO Matt Garman on why enterprise AI is finally delivering real returns (Platformer podcast) Jun 24, 2026
I asked, 'How many of you are either seeing materially positive ROI today or have a path in the next couple of months to really high ROI?' 90% of hands went up, which is totally different than a year before. Press AWS CEO Matt Garman on why enterprise AI is finally delivering real returns (Platformer podcast) Jun 24, 2026
If you really like the ROIC [Return on Invested Capital] of a business, you want the ‘C’ to be as high as possible. It's not speculative... Press AWS CEO calls AI inference a new building block (Acquired podcast) Feb 11, 2026
It's not just ‘summarize what happened,’ but ‘go process my insurance claims,’... Press AWS CEO calls AI inference a new building block (Acquired podcast) Feb 11, 2026
We build these building blocks, we give this technology, and then we let the world have the creativity to go find some really cool things.
On the same topics Blog The Most Important Market in AI is the Middle Sep 23, 2026
But the right tail of the market is thinner than almost anyone forecast. Blog The Most Important Market in AI is the Middle Sep 23, 2026
Demand for intelligence is not a pyramid with a small, wealthy peak paying for everything beneath it. Blog The Most Important Market in AI is the Middle Sep 23, 2026
Most business AI use is the messy middle: multi-step workflows that need a smart enough model at a price a company can afford. It is the most important part of the market today, & it is where the competition is fiercest. Blog Frontier Overhangs Sep 21, 2026
A world with sufficient compute is one where intelligence is a commodity, and in commodity markets margin comes from a superior cost structure, which I would expect the leading model providers to have, in part because they have a meaningful lead in scaling and can apply superior AI to their infrastructure. Blog Frontier Overhangs Sep 21, 2026
Pure capability no longer translates directly into a moat. Blog AI Comes for the If Statement Sep 21, 2026
If this is the first of many primitives specialized for production, then harnesses are about to capture a lot more margin. About this quote