Dan Shipper: Sam Altman Talks Platforms Like Bill Gates Talked Microsoft — Create More Value Than You Capture
danshipper · x · 2026-09-30
Dan Shipper observes that Sam Altman talks about building a platform the way Bill Gates used to talk about Microsoft, distilled to one line: create more value than you capture. The analogy frames OpenAI's platform strategy as deliberately leaving value for ecosystem participants to grow a larger whole — an interesting lens on its strategic intent.
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