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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Saturday, July 25, 2026

Nitzky on Optimizing AI Spend: It Depends on the Use Case

Osvald Nitzky advised that optimizing AI spend depends entirely on the use case, particularly distinguishing between spending for growth and spending for less critical functions. He noted that for hypergrowth companies like McCord, high spending on AI is justified by insatiable customer demand and the need to scale rapidly.

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It totally depends on the use case.
Osvald Nitzky
So I've I've mostly worked at hypergrowth companies where growth matters at all costs, right? Your willingness to spend for growth, as long as the unit economics are fine.
Osvald Nitzky
For us, it makes sense because the demand that we have is so high.
Osvald Nitzky
We're just in a race nonstop to service insatiable customer demand.
Osvald Nitzky
Heard on The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) — “20VC: Mercor CPO on Revenue Concentration from Frontier Labs | Why Large Enterprise is Scared to Partner with Frontier Labs | Why Small Specialised Models is the Future with Osvald Nitski, published Saturday, July 25, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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