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Re:Ask HN: Is OpenAI going to be the biggest company of all ... by Someone1234 on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @04:45PM (#35174461)
What is OpenAI's moats? Those companies are valuable because of the moats they've created (users, market position, and economies of scale).

OpenAI is currently the market leader but what is keeping them there? Their competitors have a lot of expertise and access to the compute needed.

If anything because OpenAI is more of an API provider than having their own end-users, any of their current customers could switch to another cheaper/better AI vendor without their end-users even knowing. Diminishing OpenAI's USP even further.

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Re:Ask HN: Is OpenAI going to be the biggest company of all ... by goethes_kind on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @06:25PM (#35175569)
More importantly I wouldn't be surprised if OpenAI's top talent is poached by Google/Facebook. Or are there some contracts that explicitly forbid this? I think such contracts would be illegal no?
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Re:Ask HN: Is OpenAI going to be the biggest company of all ... by nprateem on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:12AM (#35208417)
Not a chance pre-IPO.
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