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A comment on Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI just start 100 companies?.

Re:Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI jus... by aristofun on Friday October 23, 2026 @09:27AM (#50208662)
They already do.

100s companies are already just a wrapper around their models.

They trade a little profit margin for avoidng a mountain of risks each of those companies bear.

Eventually they will buy/kill most profitable and less risky of them (cash cows). But now they have their own problems to solve.

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Re:Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI jus... by rimliu on Friday October 23, 2026 @09:30AM (#50208695)
And they are dropping like flies.
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Re:Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI jus... by aristofun on Friday October 23, 2026 @09:39AM (#50208811)
exactly
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Re:Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI jus... by lifestyleguru on Friday October 23, 2026 @10:51AM (#50210060)
You know what's the easiest way to kill a fly? Close it in a room and go to sleep. When you wake up it'll be lying dead on the floor.
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