OpenAI could go from AI pioneer to AI's BlackBerry, says Forrester
"In fact, OpenAI could become AI's BlackBerry FIFO (First In, First Out). The company that defines a category is often the one most painfully displaced by it." REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The caution comes as OpenAI takes its first formal step toward a public listing. Alongside its confidential SEC filing, the company published a roadmap built around three ambitions: AI systems that can accelerate research, AI that boosts economic growth, and eventually a personal AGI assistant for everyone.
- ▪"In fact, OpenAI could become AI's BlackBerry FIFO (First In, First Out).
- ▪The company that defines a category is often the one most painfully displaced by it." REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The caution comes as OpenAI takes its first formal step
- ▪Alongside its confidential SEC filing, the company published a roadmap built around three ambitions: AI systems that can accelerate research, AI that boosts economic growth, and eventually a personal AGI assistant for everyone.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); OpenAI could go from AI pioneer to AI's BlackBerry, says Forrester As OpenAI courts investors and chases enterprise customers, Forrester says today's AI leader could become tomorrow's cautionary tale Carly Page Carly Page Published thu 11 Jun 2026 // 13:57 UTC OpenAI may be headed for Wall Street, but one analyst firm is already warning enterprise customers not to get too attached.In a note published alongside OpenAI's confidential IPO filing, Forrester urged companies to keep their AI…
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