Tell HN: Avoid Cerebras if you are a founder

35 pointsby remusomega17 days ago5 comments

r_lee17 days ago
I noticed this behavior when the very popular Qwen models suddenly were migrated to GLM
I don't know how many times this has happened in the last 12 months but I'd guess like 2-3 times?
- jmcguckin17 days ago
  Didn’t Cerebras announce a deal with OpenAI recently? Perhaps they need the resources for that contract…
varshith1716 days ago
Hardware company LARPing as infrastructure provider. Their wafer-scale chips can't multi-tenant like GPUs, so "enterprise" means "first in line for deprecation" apparently. Cool tech, zero operational maturity. Stick to providers who understand that "enterprise" means contracts, not vibes.
tim-tday17 days ago
Surely this isn’t how it was supposed to happen.
slater17 days ago
Is their runway money running out?
- toomuchtodo17 days ago
  Potentially.
  Cerebras in Discussions to Raise Funds at $22 Billion Valuation - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-13/cerebras-... | https://archive.today/bz9pI - January 13th, 2026
- lumost17 days ago
  The AI market is extraordinarily skewed towards large players. It's hard for a business to support 100s of 6 figure USD sized accounts next to 1-2 9 figure accounts.
  - robertjwebb16 days ago
    This makes me suspect that OP would have similar problems with other inference providers.
speedgoose17 days ago
Cloud service providers deprecate services all the time. To be honest, why are you still on llama 3.3 70B in January 2026? Are you in the Strava AI team?
- remusomega17 days ago
  Do cloud providers kick you off the platform and terminate your account when they deprecate models too?
  - r_lee17 days ago
    Did they really do that?
    remusomega17 days ago
    Yes, every single Enterprise customer that was unfortunate enough to be subscribed to LLama 3.3 has had their plans terminated. Everyone would have gladly migrated to OSS or something, but they never gave us the option.
    knowitnone317 days ago
    my guess is they are aiming for the high rollers and not shrimp like you even though you were "Enterprise". I worked for a company that wanted to get rid of the lower tier customers to focus the money makers.
    remusomega17 days ago
    I had the second highest tier. But yes, that makes sense. Regardless, I just don't see them as a stable business partner. I know the same cycle will continue with the next round of deprecation. Perhaps the highest tier enterprise users will form a different opinion.
    moonshotwice17 days ago
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- donner_dropout17 days ago
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