alt.hn

1/21/2026 at 4:29:09 PM

Tell HN: Avoid Cerebras if you are a founder

by remusomega

1/21/2026 at 7:16:16 PM

I noticed this behavior when the very popular Qwen models suddenly were migrated to GLM

I don't know how many times this has happened in the last 12 months but I'd guess like 2-3 times?

by r_lee

1/22/2026 at 1:15:13 AM

Didn’t Cerebras announce a deal with OpenAI recently? Perhaps they need the resources for that contract…

by jmcguckin

1/22/2026 at 6:56:21 AM

Hardware company LARPing as infrastructure provider. Their wafer-scale chips can't multi-tenant like GPUs, so "enterprise" means "first in line for deprecation" apparently. Cool tech, zero operational maturity. Stick to providers who understand that "enterprise" means contracts, not vibes.

by varshith17

1/21/2026 at 8:09:23 PM

Surely this isn’t how it was supposed to happen.

by tim-tday

1/21/2026 at 4:35:39 PM

Is their runway money running out?

by slater

1/21/2026 at 8:46:09 PM

The AI market is extraordinarily skewed towards large players. It's hard for a business to support 100s of 6 figure USD sized accounts next to 1-2 9 figure accounts.

by lumost

1/22/2026 at 9:22:37 AM

This makes me suspect that OP would have similar problems with other inference providers.

by robertjwebb

1/21/2026 at 5:58:15 PM

Cloud service providers deprecate services all the time. To be honest, why are you still on llama 3.3 70B in January 2026? Are you in the Strava AI team?

by speedgoose

1/21/2026 at 6:05:18 PM

Do cloud providers kick you off the platform and terminate your account when they deprecate models too?

by remusomega

1/21/2026 at 7:16:38 PM

Did they really do that?

by r_lee

1/21/2026 at 7:33:33 PM

Yes, every single Enterprise customer that was unfortunate enough to be subscribed to LLama 3.3 has had their plans terminated. Everyone would have gladly migrated to OSS or something, but they never gave us the option.

by remusomega

1/21/2026 at 7:56:38 PM

my guess is they are aiming for the high rollers and not shrimp like you even though you were "Enterprise". I worked for a company that wanted to get rid of the lower tier customers to focus the money makers.

by knowitnone3

1/21/2026 at 8:03:34 PM

I had the second highest tier. But yes, that makes sense. Regardless, I just don't see them as a stable business partner. I know the same cycle will continue with the next round of deprecation. Perhaps the highest tier enterprise users will form a different opinion.

by remusomega

1/22/2026 at 1:33:22 AM

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by moonshotwice

1/21/2026 at 11:38:37 PM

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by donner_dropout