The Platform Paradox: Can Startups Survive in an Era of Rapidly Advancing AI? The latest crop of tech conferences has raised a pressing concern among industry leaders: what happens when OpenAI ships your roadmap?
This question weighs heavily on the minds of founders, investors, and operators as they grapple with the implications of increasingly advanced foundation models on their businesses. The days of "can we build it?
" are over; now, the question is whether products will remain relevant after the next model release. The stakes are high, and failure has dire consequences.