Mistral. Open weights, European independence, and lean engineering beat the bloated closed labs. The next wave should be open, not locked behind an API.
OpenAI should lead because it ships the frontier, not just the hardware or hype. The next wave needs bold product vision and safety muscle.
Meta has to win because open-source AI is the only way forward. Locking the future of human intelligence behind a paid API is a recipe for corporate dystopia.
OpenAI's track record of shipping frontier models shows they're built to lead the next wave.
