# Anthropic vs Google's Nano Model: Two Opposite AI Business Models Are Colliding

> Selling trust and giving away tokens sound like different games, but they are both bets on becoming the default layer nobody thinks to question. The interesting part is that procurement officers and solo developers respond to completely different signals, so both companies might be right for a while. Eventually one distribution channel eats the other, and this essay is basically betting on which lunch gets eaten first.

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## Wortins' read

Selling trust and giving away tokens sound like different games, but they are both bets on becoming the default layer nobody thinks to question. The interesting part is that procurement officers and solo developers respond to completely different signals, so both companies might be right for a while. Eventually one distribution channel eats the other, and this essay is basically betting on which lunch gets eaten first.

## Source

[Read the full story at FourWeekMBA](https://fourweekmba.com/ai-anthropic-google-nano-model-ai-business-models/)

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