Is a $3T enterprise valuation built on a 2-month lead over SOTA models?

prateeky2806 · x · 2026-10-30

scaling01 argues Google strategically shipped Carbon before OpenAI and Anthropic drop their next-gen frontier models, but is still roughly two months behind. Quoting that, thenickmoy poses a sharper question: can a $3 trillion enterprise valuation really hinge on holding just a two-month lead on SOTA models? The thread highlights how fragile Google's model-leadership window — and the valuation narrative built on it — may be.

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