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We have. This is acceptable for some clients, but not for others. Both groups, however, prefer maintaining complete control over their data, given the chance.

Edit: plus, my personal view is that local LLMs are the future. They've already caught up to GPT-3.5 (based on my testing); and they continue to evolve rapidly. Makes sense to focus our limited resources on riding that wave.

OpenAI won't go away, but neither will they remain the first choice (or only choice!) for most use-cases.