The AI supercycle just hit a wall. A trillion-dollar chip stock wipeout, a $20B hedge fund implosion, and a duopoly begging for regulation to kill competition. The capability race is over. The war for control has begun.

Your single-vendor AI strategy is a major risk. Anthropic's $1.5B settlement for training on pirated books proves the legal liability is real and flows down to you. Their lobbying for an "opensource ban" isn't about security; it's about protecting their valuation from cheaper models. Demand data provenance and architect for sovereignty.

Frontier labs, fintech giants, and governments are now fighting to own the stack. Your freedom to operate is the asset under attack.

Your AI 'partner' is training its model to replace you. The gold rush to adopt third-party APIs is over. The fight for control has begun.