Anthropic and OpenAI are racing toward trillion-dollar valuations as foundation model funding absorbs 14% of global venture capital. The question is whether foundation labs have built enough application-layer lock-in to avoid the structural fate of the optical networking giants they most resemble.

Anthropic and OpenAI are racing toward trillion-dollar valuations as foundation model funding absorbs 14% of global venture capital. The question is whether foundation labs have…

OpenAI and Anthropic are approaching trillion-dollar valuations, but history suggests the biggest rewards may go to the companies building on top of them.