Generative AI & LLMs
Foundation Model
A large, general-purpose model trained on broad data that can be adapted to many tasks.
Why it matters for your business
You rent these from providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) rather than build your own — a huge cost saver versus training from scratch.
In practice
Most AI tools you buy are built on a handful of foundation models from Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google.