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Anthropic won the AI race, OpenAI gives Codex for free, xAI Grok Build & Claude cancel culture | GMP EP13
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May 16, 2026
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Anthropic Beats OpenAI in Business Adoption (Ramp Data)
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Anthropic beats OpenAI in business adoption
Per Ramp data, Anthropic overtook OpenAI in business adoption for the first time, despite OpenAI holding roughly 85% of consumer user share versus Anthropic's 5–10%.
Anthropic vs OpenAI: The Enterprise War Heats Up
Anthropic beat OpenAI in business adoption for the first time per Ramp data, despite OpenAI owning ~85% of consumer mindshare. OpenAI responded immediately by offering Codex free for 30 days to new business sign-ups, then Anthropic raised Claude Code limits 50%. This push-pull battle to lock in enterprise customers is accelerating fast.
OpenAI offers Codex free for 30 days
OpenAI responded to Anthropic's business adoption milestone by offering Codex free for 30 days to new business sign-ups, escalating the enterprise AI wars.
Why Cursor Wins Even If the Models Are Equal
If all AI models are roughly commodities that leapfrog each other monthly, the smart move is a platform that can switch between them. Cursor lets you access GPT 5.5, Claude Opus, and Grok in one place, avoids vendor lock-in, and gives you $180 of compute for $18/month. The platform, not the model, is the moat.
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MVP built in one week
Sam's initial MVP was coded in approximately one week using ChatGPT voice mode and copy-pasting code, with no prior technical experience.
Discord vs email for young users
Sam argues Discord is 10x better than email for building relationships with younger users who rarely check their inbox.
Monthly infra costs ~$780–$980
Sam's monthly operating costs include Cursor ($200), AI image generation ($100), AI video generation ($200), hosting ($100), email marketing ($80), and AI compute ($300–$500).
ChatGPT-powered pain point research
Sam recommends copying days of Discord chat history into ChatGPT and prompting it to list recurring pain points as a fast, free market research technique.
50 free tools built total
Bhanu and his team built approximately 50 free tools to attract search traffic, each linked back to SiteGPT.
New tool built in under 5 minutes
With AI coding tools like Cursor, Bhanu can now create a new free marketing tool in less than 5 minutes by referencing existing tools.
KD filter < 10 for rankable keywords
Bhanu filters Ahrefs keyword results to show only those with a keyword difficulty below 10, making them realistic ranking targets for any decent website.
Minimum 1,000 monthly search volume
Bhanu sets a minimum search volume of 1,000 monthly searches when selecting keywords to target with free tools.
20 downloads/day at launch
PropGPT averaged 20 downloads per day right after launching on the App Store through influencer marketing.
