{"slug": "the-pulse-tech-companies-move-to-open-ai-models", "title": "The Pulse: tech companies move to open AI models", "summary": "Uber, Pinterest, Stripe, Coinbase, Ramp, and AT&T are cutting AI costs by replacing proprietary models with open-source alternatives and using smart model routing, according to The Pulse. The shift reflects a broader trend among tech companies to reduce AI spending while maintaining performance.", "body_md": "*The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups.*\n\nToday, we cover:\n\n**New trend: tech companies moving to open models.** Uber, Pinterest, Stripe, Coinbase, Ramp, and AT&T are making large savings on their AI bills by dropping proprietary models and using smart model routing.**Automatic software maintenance experiments by L…**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pulse-tech-companies-move-to-open-ai-models", "canonical_source": "https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pulse-tech-companies-move-to", "published_at": "2026-09-03 17:00:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 17:24:26.414913+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Uber", "Pinterest", "Stripe", "Coinbase", "Ramp", "AT&T"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pulse-tech-companies-move-to-open-ai-models", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pulse-tech-companies-move-to-open-ai-models.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pulse-tech-companies-move-to-open-ai-models.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pulse-tech-companies-move-to-open-ai-models.jsonld"}}