Opinion: We Must Separate 'Real AI Companies' from Startups That Merely Use AI
MickeySteamboat · x · 2026-08-14
An industry observer argues that we need to start separating "AI Companies"—entities that can actually build AI from bare metal (like xAI, OpenAI, and DeepMind/Google)—from startup companies that simply use AI.
The author emphasizes that there is a huge difference in core capabilities and industry positioning between the two.
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