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Wyndo

Wyndo is named in 2 Parts of The Buildout, most recently Part 12: The Model Is Not the Price. Argued in Part 5 (Voices that cross sides), Part 12 (The frontier is still paid).

In 2 parts of The Buildout: Part 12, Part 05 · Updated Oct 22, 2026

What Wyndo argued

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  1. Part 12 · The frontier is still paidOct 4, 2026

    Wyndo believes an always-on agent should run on the most capable model available, which is why they consider it fitting that ChatGPT's Dots runs on GPT-6 Astra.

  2. Part 12 · The frontier is still paidSep 13, 2026

    Wyndo recommends trying open-weight models if a user keeps hitting usage limits on Claude or ChatGPT, or wants to lower the cost of certain tasks, since some work may run well on an open-weight model while saving the subscription for tasks where…

  3. Part 05 · Voices that cross sidesAug 13, 2026

    Wyndo cites Artificial Analysis benchmark results as evidence of rapid open-weight model improvement: Kimi K3 scored 57 on its Intelligence Index (13 points above Kimi K2.6, per the July 17 evaluation), and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 scored 10 points…

  4. Part 05 · Voices that cross sidesAug 13, 2026

    The traditional split of using a strongest frontier model (Opus) for reasoning/judgment and a faster cheaper model (Sonnet) for execution has become less clearly justified because the capability gap between 'thinking' and 'executing' models has…

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  1. Part 12The frontier is still paid

    Wyndo, the same day, told readers hitting usage limits on Claude or ChatGPT to run cheaper tasks on open-weight models and keep the bigger ones, which need more intelligence, at OpenAI and Anthropic.

    The Model Is Not the Price
  2. Part 12Open weights set the price

    Spencer's September 29 line that ChatGPT loses share to open-source models is narrowed by Wyndo's routing of hard work to the closed labs; it narrows, in turn, George's September 30 reading that cheaper intelligence has so far lifted the whole ecosystem, since the incumbent consumer product is the one losing ground.

    The Model Is Not the Price
  3. Part 05Cheap intelligence arrives

    Four days later, Wyndo described a council of models reviewing the same decision and said he had changed his mind about open-weight systems handling hard reasoning.

    OpenAI and Anthropic Are Not the Same Business

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