Frontier labs paying massive sums for proprietary data to move into verticals
sarahookr · x · 2026-10-15
Sarah Hooker argues frontier labs' willingness to pay huge sums for proprietary data reflects a playbook: mimic institutional companies' interaction surfaces well enough, then after upcoming IPOs compete head-on in healthcare, taxes, finance, legal, and transportation. Institutional companies with massive interaction surfaces currently hold all the cards, with a narrow window to leverage their own knowledge for an edge.
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