Ramaswamy: ChatGPT Will Remain the Primary Consumer AI Entry Point
Sridhar Ramaswamy · Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO @Snowflake: Deepseek is Not a Threat to OpenAI & OpenAI Beats Anthropic|E1258 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Feb 10, 2025 · at 46:57
Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake and former Google ads leader, discusses whether AI models will generalize or specialize, arguing consumer AI will consolidate around OpenAI.
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“On the consumer side, I know you disagree, I think ChatGPT is getting to be that entry point, and so if I were a betting person on the consumer side, To the extent that there are variations in models and specializations I think that'll include to the incumbent, and the incumbent, 100%, is ChatGPT and OpenAI.”
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