Ethan Mollick says OpenAI and Anthropic face normal hypergrowth problems
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Ethan Mollick says on X that OpenAI and Anthropic are not exempt from the problems common to fast-growing companies.
He says both firms face the same politics, dysfunction and confusion that affect other hypergrowth firms, and he disputes the view that their AI expertise insulates them from these issues.
The post is an opinion from Mollick, a business school professor who writes about AI, and it cites no internal data or specific incidents.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 14, 11:30 PM ET
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Ethan Mollick@emollickXEthan Mollick says OpenAI and Anthropic face normal hypergrowth problemsAIEthan Mollick says people assume OpenAI and Anthropic avoid the usual problems of fast-growing companies because they are so good at AI. He argues both firms are subject to the same politics, dysfunction and confusion that affect other hypergrowth firms.
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