Small labs emerge where giants fear to bet, challenging OpenAI's lead
_arohan_ · x · 2026-08-26
The author argues that small labs exist because major players are unwilling to bet on innovation in certain directions, aiming to maximize impact with limited resources. Quoting @tszzl, the post notes that Anthropic, then a smaller company, proved to be the real challenger to OpenAI's lead rather than Google. While incumbents claim Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) is imminent, the author suggests history is longer than accounted for. It also highlights that compute needs are more elastic than previously thought.
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