Rydhan: OpenAI and Anthropic are clearly number one and two in AI
Furqan Rydhan · $100B Founder Breaks Down The Biggest AI Business Opportunities For 2025 · Nov 26, 2024 · at 14:54
Furqan Rydhan assesses the current hierarchy among AI foundation model companies based on builder mindshare.
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“And actually, it feels like open AI, number one, that's, I think, clear. I think Anthropic is number two. So then everyone else shows up. Is what it feels like to me, at least from people I'm seeing building or the technology they're using or the innovation that we're seeing from it.”
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