Airbyte CEO at TechCrunch Disrupt: don't fear OpenAI shipping your roadmap, stay adaptable
RebeccaBellan · x · 2026-10-16
At TechCrunch Disrupt's panel "What Happens When OpenAI Ships Your Roadmap?", Airbyte CEO Michel Tricot addressed founder anxiety about OpenAI/Anthropic taking over verticals. Airbyte treats AI as a force multiplier and isn't bothered by OpenAI shipping connectors: data access is only step one — the infrastructure for moving, consolidating, and operationalizing data is the moat, and Airbyte itself relies on AI. His advice: stay adaptable and keep adjusting the roadmap.
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