I do think an industry is often shaped by the early leaders or group of people around them. Those people shape the dominant company in that space, and then go off to spread that culture in other companies that they start or join. And, competitors are often looking to the dominant company and trying to emulate that company.

not sure how much sense that makes when the overarching culture is profit seeking

> I do think an industry is often shaped by the early leaders or group of people around them

Yes, but did any industry live long enough to not become the villain?

Early OpenAI set the tone of safe, open-source AI.

The next few competitors also followed OpenAI’s lead.

And yet, here we are.