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Revolut moves to self-hosted GLM

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In short

The fintech firm deployed the model across 56 Nvidia B200 processors to deliver a blended rate of 30 cents per million tokens. Prior third-party solutions like Claude Code and Codex were relegated to an exception list for unique, specialized scenarios. Because engineers no longer need to ration access, they apply machine assistance across all assignments rather than reserving it for complex edge cases. This widespread adoption has significantly accelerated the overall development cycle across the engineering organization.

Key points

  • Self-hosted open-weight models have become the default daily coding solution for roughly…: Self-hosted open-weight models have become the default daily coding solution for roughly 2,000 internal engineers.
  • Removing token limits encourages broader utilization for routine work rather than saving…: Removing token limits encourages broader utilization for routine work rather than saving capacity for difficult tasks.
  • External frontier offerings like Codex and Claude Code are now restricted strictly to an…: External frontier offerings like Codex and Claude Code are now restricted strictly to an exception list.

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BREAKING: Revolut moved ~2,000 engineers onto self-hosted GLM for coding and pushed Claude Code and Codex to the exception list.

Per David Abitbol, who leads AI ops there: 56 Nvidia B200s, a blended 30 cents per million tokens, roughly a tenth of what they paid Anthropic and OpenAI. Engineering lead time improved 70%.

Here's the part that matters: the gains showed up when tokens stopped being rationed. Engineers quit saving AI for the hard tickets and pointed it at everything.

Frontier models become the exception, open weights become the default. That's a pricing problem for every lab heading to IPO.

h/t @OliverMolander

Would you move your team off frontier APIs if the bill dropped 90%?

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