Why the Next Era of AI Is About Infrastructure, Not Just Models

I argue that while model capabilities have improved, the real challenge for enterprises is managing the chaos of fragmented providers, opaque costs, and governance gaps. As AI moves from experimentation to production, the competitive advantage shifts to organizations that can control their infrastructure. That is why Mozilla built Otari, an open-source control layer to give teams genuine agency over their AI deployments.

"Control is the new moat."