Competitive move: Modal undercuts AWS Lambda prices by 40% for ML inference. Game changer for startups.

Modal's 40% price cut on ML inference compared to AWS Lambda lowers barriers for startups to deploy AI models at scale, intensifying competition in the serverless computing market and potentially forcing AWS to respond with price adjustments or enhanced features. This shift could accelerate adoption of cost-effective AI tools among resource-constrained companies, reshaping the economics of machine learning deployment.