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Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2026
Randle: OpenAI and Google will match Mythos Fable quality within 3-6 months
“When OpenAI or when Google, like, they're going to get to Mythos Fable quality models very soon, within the next three to six months, and then we're going to see.”
Everett Randle Jun 18, 2026 ▶ 25:43 Anthropic's Fable Banned by US Government | Wix & Adobe Hit All-Time Lows | Mistral Raising at $20BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2031
O'Driscoll: OpenAI will emerge from Musk lawsuit with deal intact
“My gut continues to be that even though everyone will look crappy that, you know, open AI get escape with their deal intact.”
Rory O'Driscoll May 14, 2026 ▶ 1:04:32 Anthropic Buys Compute From Elon & Commits $200BN to Google | Cerebras IPO | Ramp Raises at $40BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2029
O'Driscoll: SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI will IPO in that exact order
“SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI in that order.”
Rory O'Driscoll Apr 16, 2026 ▶ 1:23:55 SpaceX's Financials Leaked: Is it Worth $2TN | Meta Debuts Muse Spark: Are They Back in the AI Race? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Sep 2028
Ross: OpenAI is highly unlikely to fail or go away
“At this point, it would be hard to imagine a scenario where OpenAI goes away. I just, I don't see how that happens.”
Jonathan Ross Sep 29, 2025 ▶ 1:07:11 Groq Founder, Jonathan Ross: OpenAI & Anthropic Will Build Their Own Chips & Will NVIDIA Hit $10TRN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2030
Casado: Anthropic and OpenAI will remain long-term stalwarts in AI
“Both Anthropic and Opener have done a remarkable job, remarkable with brand independence and market share, and so I suspect they'll continue to be stalwarts in the industry.”
Martin Casado Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 9:22 a16z GP, Martin Casado: Anthropic vs OpenAI & Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2025
Rory O'Driscoll: OpenAI will publicly accuse Microsoft of antitrust in 2025
“Accused, by the way, is a wonderfully vague word. Will they file a lawsuit and prevail? Maybe not, but will Sam throw words out? Yeah. That two and a half x on a yes, I'd take that chance.”
Rory O'Driscoll Jun 26, 2025 ▶ 1:07:55 Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Nov 2028
Seibert: OpenAI won't build direct Notion or Salesforce competitors
“I would doubt if opening eye goes and builds like an ocean competitor or an HR or Salesforce competitor or so on, they probably want to stay at the more generic level”
Jeff Seibert Nov 22, 2023 ▶ 27:49 Jeff Seibert: Why OpenAI Will Become an Infrastructure Play | E1085 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Open
Socher: OpenAI cited his 2018 multi-task NLP research in early GPT paper
“When in 2018, we invented problems engineering and we got this single model to work for all of these different NLP tasks. You know, it inspired some folks at OpenAI. They cited our paper in their first GPT open papers and cited our research there.”
Richard Socher Aug 18, 2023 ▶ 8:58 Richard Socher: The 3 Biggest Barriers to Building AGI; AI Startups vs Incumbents | E1050 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2030
Lemkin: Initial OpenAI/Jony Ive device will be screenless, but line will include screens
“I think that the first thing that comes out will be no, but ultimately it will be all of it. It'll be, yes, it'll have audio, it'll have screen. It'll be everything.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 1:19:12 Is DPI The Only Thing That Matters? with Sam Lessin, Jason Lemkin & Rory O’Driscoll · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2029
Adams: LLM market will mirror cloud infrastructure competition
“There's still a huge amount of competition there, and I think exactly the same will happen with LLMs. They'll be innovating, you know, Google will add a feature, OpenAI will add a feature, some other startup that we don't even know about yet will add a feature…”
Cameron Adams Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 20:55 Cameron Adams: How Canva Builds Products: Lessons Learned, What Works? What Flopped? | E1179 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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