For OpenAI and Anthropic, the competition is deeply personal

It was not that long ago that Sam Altman’s OpenAI appeared to be enjoying a comfortable lead in the corporate race to bring artificial intelligence to the masses.

OpenAI created the fastest-growing consumer app in tech history, held more than $100 billion in the bank and teamed up with the world’s most powerful computing giants.

But companies are always rising and falling in Silicon Valley.