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Andre Muniz
• May 13
When we talk about LLMs, most people immediately think about frontier models.
Claude, GPT, Gemini and other top-tier models are extremely capable. But that capability comes with a cost. For many production systems, using the strongest model for every task is not engineering. It is waste.
At the same time, we are seeing a new wave of specialized models performing very well in specific areas: coding, tool calling, long context, image generation, audio, extraction, routing and structured reasoning.
Models like Qwen, Kimi, MiniMax and others are becoming more relevant because they solve real problems with better cost efficiency.
The future of AI systems is not about always choosing the most powerful model.
It is about choosing the right model for the right task.
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