lol bit of a stretch there, seeing as there are dozens of companies training LLMs.

As training software and infrastructure matures plenty more entrants will enter the market. It’s not like this is a particularly challenging research field, just very expensive at the moment.

Which LLM should I be using for programming work that isn’t released by OpenAI, DeepSeek, or Claude?

Which one outperforms this small handful of options within the AI oligopoly?

This statement you’re making is like saying “there are dozens of Android phone OEMs” when in reality Apple is gobbling up 80% of the profits, Samsung/Google are consuming another 10%, and everyone outside of China has their app installs gated by Google Play or Apple App Store.