OpenAI faces competition from lower-cost alternatives

Star investor Mary Meeker warns that OpenAI and other US AI companies could be overshadowed by cheaper competitors like China’s DeepSeek. Meeker, who has supported big names like Meta and Airbnb, shared with the Financial Times that emerging AI breakthroughs are set to create multiple $10 trillion firms — potentially not all in North America.

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/1870c6ba-6d8c-441b-b335-cb29055337f1