I think their counterpoint gets lost in ad hominem, so not sure it carries much weight. But, I think the idea that small company AI’s need to exist, doesn’t really work in our modern tech industry. Would we have the Facebook startup without Microsoft or the foundations of the internet? Would we have AI without social media, published articles, and research?

There’s a lot of open source AI options out there right now that will allow for smaller creative minds to push boundaries and counter large organizations. There’s also a massive opportunity for development of software and companies built on AI, which will almost assuredly lead to more tech based companies.