British fintech Revolut slashes AI coding costs 10x by cutting out Claude and going self-hosted
What's happening
Revolut has moved from using Anthropic's Claude to a self-hosted GLM model for its AI coding workloads. The change reportedly cut Revolut's AI coding costs by 10x. The switch to self-hosted GLM let engineers use cheaper tokens to speed up tasks like debugging and resolving Jira tickets.
Why it's trending
Because cheaper self-hosted models (GLM) dramatically reduce per-token costs, operational teams are shifting away from hosted models like Claude to control spend.
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Spending more on hosted LLMs isn't a sign of quality, it's a tax, Revolut just proved it by ditching Claude for self-hosted GLM and cutting AI coding costs 10x.
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- British fintech Revolut slashes AI coding costs 10x by going self-hostedHackerNewsNov 3
- British fintech Revolut slashes AI coding costs 10x by cutting out Claude and going self-hosted
Turns out cheap tokens get engineers doing things that save time, like debugging and tackling Jira tickets
The RegisterNov 3 - Revolut moves to self-hosted GLMHackerNewsNov 3
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