Tech giants with data and customers challenge OpenAI’s technology bet.
OpenAI will face serious competition in 2025 from Salesforce, Microsoft, Google and Amazon, all of which would like to dominate the AI agent market. These competitors have access to closed datasets and customer bases. OpenAI is betting on its ability to outperform everyone else with superior technology. That’s why Altman confidently claims we’ll see AGI. OpenAI’s strategy relies on technological superiority rather than the market advantages like proprietary data and established customer relationships that its competitors possess.
— Sam Altman Says, ‘We Know How To Build AGI’ — Not So Fast · Forbes