Comment by pembrook

> What is OpenAI's competitive moat? There's no product stickiness here.

20 years ago everyone said the exact same thing about Google Search.

I mean, how could you possibly build a $3T company off of a search input field, when users can just decide to visit a different search input field??

Surprise. Brand is the most powerful asset you can build in the consumer space. It turns out monetization possibilities become infinite once you capture the cultural zeitgeist, as you can build an ecosystem of products and eventually a walled garden monopoly.