Anish Acharya

What has instead happened is we have all these foundation model providers.

They're all innovating, roughly in lockstep.

They're all innovating, roughly in lockstep.

80% of what they do, I think that they're actually substitutes for.

80% of what they do, I think that they're actually substitutes for.

And then there's the open source models, which also do the same things.

And then there's the open source models, which also do the same things.

And then in the 20%, which arguably is where a lot of the value is, they are all specialists.

And then in the 20%, which arguably is where a lot of the value is, they are all specialists.

So because you live in this world of multi-model, where for some use cases they're substitutes, for some use cases they're actually specialists, there's a lot of value in having an aggregation layer, and that is the apps company.

So because you live in this world of multi-model, where for some use cases they're substitutes, for some use cases they're actually specialists, there's a lot of value in having an aggregation layer, and that is the apps company.

So let me tell you two categories specifically.

So let me tell you two categories specifically.

One is coding.

One is coding.

I think that if you actually look at coding, you might know that Gemini is great for front-end, Codex is great for back-end.

I think that if you actually look at coding, you might know that Gemini is great for front-end, Codex is great for back-end.

If you're vibe coding your project, you probably want to use both and you don't want to switch between two CLIs all the time.

If you're vibe coding your project, you probably want to use both and you don't want to switch between two CLIs all the time.

It's just a pain.