What is Model Dependency?
How much a startup relies on one outside model provider for its product, its pricing and its roadmap. A price rise, an outage or a retired model at that provider can change the startup's costs and plans overnight.
1 provider · 100% of output · their valve
Model dependency measures…
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Zainab's memo flagged model dependency as the top risk, since every feature of the tutoring app ran on a single provider's model and price list.
In the illustration
The cabinet runs on one pipe from the model maker's tank: the second inlet is capped and the share gauge reads 100%. Beyond the fence the maker's valve turns down and the price wheel clicks up, and the cabinet's output gauge and price tag follow.
Map the model dependency of the startup described below in your deal notebook: the provider behind each feature, what a 50 percent price rise does to cost per task, with the arithmetic, and how long a switch would take.
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