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Revolut Slashes AI Costs 10x by Self-Hosting GLM, Cuts OpenAI and Anthropic

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Revolut, a fintech company, has significantly reduced its AI costs by switching to a self-hosted General Language Model (GLM) instead of commercial offerings like OpenAI's Codex or Anthropic's Claude Code. The company found that self-hosting GLM 5.1 cost approximately one-tenth of using these external models, with a flat billing structure. This move aligns with Revolut's new priority on open-source solutions and favorable economics. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates significant cost-saving potential for enterprises by self-hosting LLMs, potentially influencing adoption of open-source models.

RANK_REASON Company adopts a specific AI model/infra for cost savings, not a new frontier model release or major industry shift.

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Revolut Slashes AI Costs 10x by Self-Hosting GLM, Cuts OpenAI and Anthropic

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    «Prior to its switch to # GLM , # Revolut had been experimenting with # AI , deploying # Gemini in early 2025 and # Claude Code in early 2026. "We were highly s

    «Prior to its switch to # GLM , # Revolut had been experimenting with # AI , deploying # Gemini in early 2025 and # Claude Code in early 2026. "We were highly skeptical about the cost of AI. (…) At $0.30 per million input/output tokens, self hosting GLM 5.1 cost about a tenth of …

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