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AI research company that develops large language models and products including ChatGPT and the GPT series.openai.com

58 takes · first discussed May 10, 2024 · last Jul 11, 2026 · 6 stance reversals

Where they land
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Who's weighed in
ChamathGSacksFriedbergJason
Takes
58
First discussed
May 10, 2024

Private company — no public price to score. We track what they said; valuation-mark tracking is on the roadmap.

Where they stand now

ChamathChamath
Commentary

Chamath believes OpenAI will be fine and is a multi-trillion-dollar company; any revenue misses are entirely due to power/compute supply constraints, not weak demand, and OpenAI is among the players most hurt by those constraints but also best positioned to benefit from hyperscaler infrastructure deals.

E271 · May 1, 202616 key calls · 19 mentions
JasonJason
Commentary

Jason argues OpenAI is at peak market share and will decline to roughly one-third of the AI market as distribution-advantaged rivals (Google, Meta) make their products free and specialized competitors carve out verticals, while deep industry ill-will from Sam Altman's dealmaking accelerates the loss.

E253 · Dec 6, 20257 calls
SacksSacks
Commentary

Sacks notes OpenAI is growing at only 3x YoY versus Anthropic's 10x, implying it risks losing dominant market share within two years if the divergence continues.

E275 · May 29, 202613 calls
FriedbergFriedberg
Commentary

Friedberg argues there is insufficient buyer demand to absorb the coming wave of large tech IPOs at current valuations, with Middle East sovereign capital likely to tighten due to the Iran conflict, creating a liquidity crunch that will pressure OpenAI's secondary valuations and eventual IPO.

E267 · Apr 3, 20265 key calls · 7 mentions
GGuests
Bullish

Brad Gerstner believes OpenAI, with ~$70B ARR and recovering momentum from new models, can go public above $1T and Altimeter would be a buyer at scale in both its and Anthropic's IPOs.

E280 · Jul 11, 202611 key calls · 12 mentions

The discussion

The hosts hold a deeply split and evolving view on OpenAI, with no clear consensus. Sacks and Chamath (in his more recent bullish turns) acknowledge OpenAI's dominant consumer position, rapid revenue growth, and potential to replace search, with Sacks and guest Brad Gerstner expressing the strongest conviction in its long-term value and IPO prospects. However, Jason is consistently and increasingly bearish, arguing the company is overvalued at any recent valuation, is losing market share to Google, Meta, and xAI, and will fall to a #3–5 position within a few years — a view Friedberg partially echoes by pointing to defensive product posture, model benchmark slippage, and questionable partnership durability. Chamath occupies a shifting middle ground, at various points raising the AOL displacement risk and open-source commoditization threat, while also steelmanning a trillion-dollar-plus bull case based on consumer DAU/ARPU extrapolation. Structural and governance concerns — the nonprofit-to-for-profit conversion, investor restrictions, executive churn, and copyright liability — are flagged repeatedly across Sacks, Chamath, Jason, and multiple guests as material risks that complicate the otherwise compelling revenue trajectory.

How they got there

ChamathChamath19 mentions since May 10, 2024
19 mentions total
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PositiveE271May 1, 2026

Chamath believes OpenAI will be fine and is a multi-trillion-dollar company; any revenue misses are entirely due to power/compute supply constraints, not weak demand, and OpenAI is among the players most hurt by those constraints but also best positioned to benefit from hyperscaler infrastructure deals.

I think they're going to be fine. I think this is a multi-trillion-dollar company. I think the thing that's happening right now is a complete misunderstanding of what's actually happening inside of the world of AI.8:29
JasonJason7 mentions since Oct 3, 2024
’25
NegativeE253Dec 6, 2025

Jason argues OpenAI is at peak market share and will decline to roughly one-third of the AI market as distribution-advantaged rivals (Google, Meta) make their products free and specialized competitors carve out verticals, while deep industry ill-will from Sam Altman's dealmaking accelerates the loss.

I think we're at peak OpenAI right now. I said it on the show a couple weeks ago. I think the pair trade is to to bet against every— it's ChatGPT versus the world, and I think the world wins two-thirds.13:32
SacksSacks13 mentions since May 17, 2024
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NeutralE275May 29, 2026

Sacks notes OpenAI is growing at only 3x YoY versus Anthropic's 10x, implying it risks losing dominant market share within two years if the divergence continues.

if you have one company that's growing at 10x year over year and another company that's growing at 3x year over year, within 2 years, the first company will have 90% market share.55:57
FriedbergFriedberg7 mentions since Jun 29, 2024
7 mentions total
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NeutralE267Apr 3, 2026

Friedberg argues there is insufficient buyer demand to absorb the coming wave of large tech IPOs at current valuations, with Middle East sovereign capital likely to tighten due to the Iran conflict, creating a liquidity crunch that will pressure OpenAI's secondary valuations and eventual IPO.

There's only so much capital in the world... I don't think that Qatar and certain Saudi offices... are as eager as they were... to provide large slugs of capital to support these initiatives... I don't know who the big buyers are that33:10
GGuests12 mentions since Oct 3, 2024
12 mentions total
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Brad GerstnerPositiveE280Jul 11, 2026

Brad Gerstner believes OpenAI, with ~$70B ARR and recovering momentum from new models, can go public above $1T and Altimeter would be a buyer at scale in both its and Anthropic's IPOs.

today, as I sit here today, Altimeter would be a buyer at scale and at size in both of those IPOs.11:40
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