My point was that I don’t think it was marketing or a historical accident, and it’s actually quite different to the other companies that you named which were all just straightforward revenue generating companies from ~day 1.
Ah! Yes that’s a good point and I misinterpreted.That’s part of what I meant by “historical accident” but now I think that it was confusing to say “accident” and I should have said something like “hisotrical activities”.
I completely agree that OpenAI and Deepmind started out as labs and are no longer so.
My point was that I don’t think it was marketing or a historical accident, and it’s actually quite different to the other companies that you named which were all just straightforward revenue generating companies from ~day 1.
Ah! Yes that’s a good point and I misinterpreted.That’s part of what I meant by “historical accident” but now I think that it was confusing to say “accident” and I should have said something like “hisotrical activities”.