Are they worried about you (the startup) or about OpenAI? If it's the former, there's nothing new, startups have fought this battle for a while. If the reluct

Are they worried about you (the startup) or about OpenAI? If it's the former, there's nothing new, startups have fought this battle for a while. If the reluctance is around OpenAI, there are several options: Azure OpenAI services is ok for most companies that are on Azure. And if not, then you can use open source models, which you can fine-tune for the specific task.