[shostack]

Can you clarify on the "pay tiny prices and shut the competitions once they have found what they were looking for" comment? Has this happened before? Is there anything here that makes it seem like this wouldn't be the case here?

[ikeboy]

They only require you to give them predictions, not a model. So you can reuse the same model over and over if it works, and they won't be able to cut you out, if that's what you're asking.

[shostack]

That was part of what I was asking. The other part was around whether there have been instances of firms cutting people out like you described.