What's the moat for frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic anymore?
gizman95 · reddit · 2026-10-01
A Reddit discussion questioning the moat of frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic as Google, deep-pocketed players, and open-weight models catch up. The poster argues Google and Meta will ultimately win through distribution, and asks the community what they're missing—a classic frontier-labs vs distribution-giants vs open-source debate.
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