Anthropic, OpenAI, Google — What's Going On and Why Should You Care?

If you've been paying any attention to tech news lately, you've seen the names everywhere. OpenAI. Anthropic. Google. Meta. They're all racing to build the most powerful AI on the planet, and if you're running a business, it probably feels like walking into the middle of a football game you've never watched. Lots of yelling. Hard to tell who's winning.

Let me make it simple.

The Big Players

OpenAI is the company behind ChatGPT. They were the first ones to put AI in front of regular people in a way that actually clicked. When your neighbor said "have you tried ChatGPT?" — that's these folks. They move fast, ship a ton of stuff, and they've got Microsoft's money behind them. Their models are some of the most used in the world.

Anthropic built Claude. If OpenAI is the loud one at the party, Anthropic is the quiet one who's probably smarter than everyone else in the room. Founded by people who left OpenAI because they wanted to be more careful about how this stuff gets built. Their models are excellent — honestly, for a lot of the work we do, we prefer Claude. It just thinks more carefully.

Google has Gemini. They've been in AI longer than anybody — they invented a lot of the tech that makes all of this possible. They're baking AI into everything: search, email, docs, cloud. They've got the data, they've got the servers, and they're not going anywhere.

Meta (yeah, Facebook) did something interesting — they open-sourced their models. Just gave 'em away. That means any developer can download and run them. Why does that matter? Because it means AI isn't locked up behind three or four big companies. Smaller shops can build on top of Meta's work without asking permission.

What does this mean for your business?

Honestly? You don't need to pick a winner. The competition between these companies is pushing prices down and quality up — fast. That's great for you.

The real question isn't "which AI company should I bet on?" It's "how do I use this stuff to make my business better?"

That's where we come in. We keep up with the landscape so you don't have to. We know which tools work best for which jobs. And we build with whatever's best for your situation — not because we're loyal to one company, but because we're loyal to what actually works.

The tools are here. They're good. They're getting better every month. The only wrong move right now is sitting on the sidelines.