foundation model companies
9 statements across 9 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jun 2, 2023 by Emad Mostaque · across every show →
Everything said about foundation model companies, oldest first
Jun 2, 2023 bearish
Sep 15, 2023
May 24, 2024
Emad Mostaque: Only 5 or 6 foundation model companies will survive
“I think that there's only going to be five or six foundation model companies in the world in three years, five years. I think it's going to be us, Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, and Apple probably are the ones that train these models.”
Jun 19, 2024 bearish
Dec 15, 2025 bullish
Foundation model API providers will eventually operate as a high-margin oligopoly
“I think the market structure will end up sort of like cloud for the models where, you know, cloud costs for the average end customer are fine. And, you know, cloud's an oligopoly and they make high profits. I think the model companies, you know, that serve API…”
Feb 12, 2026 bullish
Apr 9, 2026 bullish
Jul 23, 2026
O'Driscoll: Hyperscaler RPO depends entirely on foundation model commitments
“Because, let me be clear, if you know the answer to that question, that one question, you know the answer to the entire direction of the U.S. Stock market for the next two years. Because all the hyperscaler RPO, all of it, is a function of the commitments they…”
Sep 10, 2026 bullish
O'Driscoll: Public foundation model companies will acquire neo-labs for TAM expansion
“Some of them might, will be great investments, because I do think the foundation model companies, once the public will be acquirers of some of this stuff for time expansion, but they won't all be great investments.”