Only at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: What happens when OpenAI ships your roadmap?

For AI founders, the biggest competitive threat may no longer be another startup. It may be the platform you’re building on. Every major release from OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google raises the same question: What happens if the feature you’ve spent the last year building suddenly becomes part of the platform? It’s a question reshaping product strategy, fundraising, and company valuations across the AI ecosystem. Not long ago, founders worried about competing with other startups. Today, they’re competing with foundation model companies introducing entirely new capabilities…