{"id":735842,"date":"2026-06-27T15:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T15:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:30:35","slug":"ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/","title":{"rendered":"AI won&#8217;t be powered by better models alone, says Oxylabs CEO Vytautas Savickas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4088a990032\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4088a990032\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/#TLDR\" >TL;DR<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/#AI_is_becoming_an_infrastructure_problem\" >AI is becoming an infrastructure problem<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/#Building_for_AI_before_AI\" >Building for AI before AI<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/#Intelligence_alone_wont_determine_who_wins_AI\" >Intelligence alone won\u2019t determine who wins AI<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/#AI_agents_change_everything\" >AI agents change everything<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/#More_hype_same_engineering_realities\" >More hype, same engineering realities<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/#Keeping_the_web_open\" >Keeping the web open<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-wont-be-powered-by-better-models-alone-says-oxylabs-ceo-vytautas-savickas\/#Looking_beyond_todays_AI_boom\" >Looking beyond today\u2019s AI boom<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/2026\/06\/ai-infrastructure-oxylabs-vytautas-savickas-interview.avif\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<div class=\"postContent-tldr\">\n<h4 class=\"postContent-offsetTitle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TLDR\"><\/span>TL;DR<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>Vytautas Savickas, CEO of Oxylabs, argues that AI\u2019s biggest shift is moving from model performance to infrastructure reliability. As AI enters the agentic era, systems need fresh web data, browser automation and real-time access to operate in the real world. The companies that win AI, he says, will build the systems users trust the most, not necessarily the biggest models.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As thousands of engineers, founders and researchers gather in San Francisco for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ai.engineer\/worldsfair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI Engineer World\u2019s Fair<\/a>, much of the conversation is focused on increasingly capable models, autonomous agents and AI <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications.<\/p>\n<p>According to Vytautas Savickas, CEO of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oxylabs.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oxylabs<\/a>, however, the industry\u2019s biggest shift is happening somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>For the past three years, AI has largely been a story about better models,<\/em>\u201d he says. \u201c<em>The next chapter is about everything around those models: the infrastructure, the systems and the live information that allow AI to operate in the real world.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">TNW City Coworking space &#8211; Where your best work happens<\/p>\n<p>A workspace designed for growth, collaboration, and endless networking opportunities in the heart of tech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That changes what AI systems need.<\/p>\n<p>They no longer rely only on what they learned during training. Increasingly, they depend on fresh information, live search, browser interaction and reliable access to the constantly changing web.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Knowledge isn\u2019t static,<\/em>\u201d Mr. Savickas says. \u201c<em>A model that isn\u2019t connected to fresh information already knows less about today\u2019s world than most people realise. The closer AI gets to real-world decisions, the more important it becomes to stay connected to reality.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AI_is_becoming_an_infrastructure_problem\"><\/span>AI is becoming an infrastructure problem<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to Mr. Savickas, every major breakthrough in AI has fundamentally changed the infrastructure beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The first wave was about training foundation models. Everyone needed enormous amounts of diverse public data.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Then came retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Suddenly it wasn\u2019t enough to know what the world looked like yesterday. AI had to understand what changed five minutes ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now we\u2019re entering the agentic era. AI systems are beginning to search, compare, verify, purchase, monitor and complete tasks on behalf of users.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every wave, he argues, demands a different kind of infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>People often think AI is primarily a model problem. Increasingly, it\u2019s becoming an infrastructure problem.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Public web data is no longer only used for training. It is becoming part of AI\u2019s runtime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The web was built for billions of people. We\u2019re now asking it to support billions of AI-driven interactions. That fundamentally changes what infrastructure has to deliver.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Building_for_AI_before_AI\"><\/span>Building for AI before AI<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Long before foundation models became mainstream, Oxylabs was building infrastructure that enables enterprises to reliably access and operationalise information from the public web at scale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It may look like AI created this market overnight,<\/em>\u201d Mr. Savickas says. \u201c<em>In reality, AI didn\u2019t create this challenge. It exposed it at an entirely new scale.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For years, enterprises have depended on continuously changing information to power ecommerce, cybersecurity, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>, finance and market intelligence. AI has simply expanded those requirements to almost every industry.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Oxylabs serves more than 15,000 clients worldwide, holds over 160 patents and operates one of the world\u2019s largest public web data infrastructures.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Intelligence_alone_wont_determine_who_wins_AI\"><\/span>Intelligence alone won\u2019t determine who wins AI<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Much of today\u2019s AI conversation still revolves around model performance.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Savickas believes that discussion is beginning to shift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Frontier models will continue to improve, but for many real-world applications, model quality alone is no longer the differentiator. Increasingly, what matters is how reliably AI systems connect to the outside world.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That shift also changes how he thinks about hallucinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The model isn\u2019t necessarily making things up because it\u2019s unintelligent. Often it\u2019s trying to reason using stale, incomplete or unverifiable information.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visitors arriving at AI Engineer World\u2019s Fair may notice one of Oxylabs\u2019 messages across San Francisco: Models Hallucinate. Fresh Data Doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It\u2019s intentionally simple,<\/em>\u201d Mr. Savickas says. \u201c<em>But it captures something fundamental. AI doesn\u2019t only need reasoning. It needs reality.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He believes this will ultimately redefine competition across the AI industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The companies that win AI won\u2019t necessarily build the biggest models. They\u2019ll build the systems users trust the most.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AI_agents_change_everything\"><\/span>AI agents change everything<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The rise of AI agents is also changing how engineers think about infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Reasoning is only one part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>AI systems increasingly need to navigate websites, authenticate, verify information, compare alternatives and execute actions reliably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Today everyone talks about building AI agents,<\/em>\u201d Mr. Savickas says. \u201c<em>Tomorrow everyone will ask why those agents fail.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many cases, the answer won\u2019t be the model. It\u2019ll be the infrastructure connecting that model to the real world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this is where much of AI innovation is now happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Latency matters. Reliability matters. Browser automation matters. None of those things make headlines, but all of them determine whether AI actually works.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_hype_same_engineering_realities\"><\/span>More hype, same engineering realities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The rapid growth of AI has introduced a new generation of companies building tools around browser automation, agent frameworks and web access.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Savickas welcomes the momentum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It\u2019s exciting to see developers recognising how important this layer of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> has become.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he believes AI has changed the language around long-standing engineering challenges more than the challenges themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Every technology wave creates new terminology. The engineering problems are often more familiar than they appear.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>What matters isn\u2019t the label. What matters is whether your infrastructure works reliably when thousands of AI systems depend on it.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keeping_the_web_open\"><\/span>Keeping the web open<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As AI systems become increasingly dependent on publicly available information, debates around access to the web continue to grow.<\/p>\n<p>For Mr. Savickas, maintaining an accessible open web is essential not only for AI companies, but for innovation itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The open web remains humanity\u2019s greatest shared knowledge resource because information can be discovered, connected and built upon.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>If information is intentionally made public, it should remain accessible. That\u2019s how researchers innovate, businesses compete and new technologies emerge.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Looking_beyond_todays_AI_boom\"><\/span>Looking beyond today\u2019s AI boom<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Having spent nearly a decade building infrastructure for enterprises working with the public web, Oxylabs has already seen several technology waves reshape the industry, from travel aggregators and digital marketing to ecommerce, cybersecurity and now AI.<\/p>\n<p>AI may be the biggest wave yet, but Mr. Savickas believes it won\u2019t be the last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The first generation of AI proved that machines could reason.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The next challenge is making those systems operate reliably in the real world.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>AI won\u2019t be powered only by better models. 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