@article{istheresecretsauceinlargelanguagemodelde, title = {Is there "Secret Sauce'' in Large Language Model Development?}, author = {Matthias Mertens and Natalia Fischl-Lanzoni and Neil Thompson}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2602.07238}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07238}, }