Gradient Dissent · Monday, August 3, 2026
Lin Qiao believes that intelligence is fundamentally a derivative of data, advocating for a strategy of specialized intelligence. She stated that the majority of valuable data is logged within applications and enterprises, and this data should not be shared externally. Consequently, Fireworks focuses on building tools for this specialized intelligence category, predicting a future with millions of specialized models.
“But we believe intelligence is the derivative of the data. Uh, that's our fundamental assumption.”
“Majority of the data is logged inside applications, logged inside enterprise. And, in my opinion, these data should never be shared with anyone else because those are the IP.”
“The world will be millions of specialized models, one per application per use case.”