OpenAI’s boundless ambition has become the touchstone of the generative artificial intelligence boom. It isn’t just the giant deals with which it has been shaking up the chip industry. If generative AI has the potential to change many aspects of business and daily life, then OpenAI intends to be the one leading the way.
It wants to own it all, from consumer apps such as chat and social networking to the tools companies use to build AI agents. The question is how much it can realistically bite off without a serious case of indigestion.
This feels particularly pressing in the enterprise market, selling AI-powered services to businesses and governments. Given the pressing need to find new sources of revenue to fund its huge data centre build-out, it’s not hard to see why OpenAI has alighted on this as its next big money-spinner.