The same has been said of OpenAI for a couple of years now (that they're just a platform to prototype on before moving on to open source models)... ... and yet

The same has been said of OpenAI for a couple of years now (that they're just a platform to prototype on before moving on to open source models)... ... and yet, they're still leading the field. I think it's a bit early to think the field is getting commoditized yet.