Has OpenAI already reached that point in the lifecycle where they start gobbling up smaller companies? Damn this cycle is starting to feel faster and faster.
I have criticisms of OpenAI, but on the whole I really hope this doesn't mean they are losing the war and turning to diversification and other classic "big tech" moves. GPT still is (IME) the best at not assuming/inferring things in the prompt that aren't there (especially then mangling the prompt *cough* Gemini *cough*). For those of us who try to be very precise with our prompts, that is a big deal.
OpenAI is racing to become a product company (beyond ChatGPT) before the traditional tech companies commoditize AI infrastructure behind new product features.
I wonder whether this is diversification or just acquihiring. Given that they abruptly shut down the products instead of rebranding them and converting their users, it may be the latter. Both Multi and Rockset had strong infra teams.
This one kinda makes sense, buy a multiplayer desktop app and add ChatGPT as a default player. I dont think they care too much about the "human" collaboration. API's are much harder to sell than fancy apps.
I have criticisms of OpenAI, but on the whole I really hope this doesn't mean they are losing the war and turning to diversification and other classic "big tech" moves. GPT still is (IME) the best at not assuming/inferring things in the prompt that aren't there (especially then mangling the prompt *cough* Gemini *cough*). For those of us who try to be very precise with our prompts, that is a big deal.