The Crazy Story Of How OpenAI Lost Everything In One Week
Episode Description:
In just ten days, OpenAI went from market leader and top dog to a series of very painful events that threaten its market leadership.
This episode breaks down the dramatic collapse of their $3 billion Windsurf acquisition, the power play from Microsoft that unraveled it, and how Google swooped in for a surgical “hackquisition.” But that was just the beginning.
We unpack how Elon Musk’s Grok 4 leapfrogged OpenAI’s GPT lineup to become the best AI model in the world (for now), and how Meta pulled off the most aggressive talent raid in recent memory with jaw-dropping offers…
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