Structured Access / API-Only
Structured access provides AI capabilities through controlled APIs rather than releasing model weights, maintaining developer control over deployment and enabling monitoring, intervention, and policy enforcement. Enterprise LLM spend reached $8.4B by mid-2025 under this model, but effectiveness depends on maintaining capability gaps with open-weight models.
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