Hey Snackers,
Welcome to our final message for 2024! We’re wrapping up with a very special edition that looks at one of the biggest companies of the year: OpenAI.
The company led by Sam Altman is arguably one of the most talked about and watched companies in America, and everyone has an opinion — good or bad — about what the future holds for it and AI in general. So we asked a dozen writers to take a stab at reading the tea leaves and predict OpenAI’s future by looking at companies from the past.
What company’s past reveals the future of OpenAI?
OpenAI has, in a very short time, catapulted itself from a small operation tinkering in a speculative and math-heavy field to a household name that has been compared favorably to some of the most lucrative blue chip companies in the history of American commerce.
This trajectory in such a short time has made the company itself the topic of fascination and speculation, with the ultimate impact of its technology — and the ultimate value of its business — the subject of considerable discussion and debate.
Contemplating the future of AI in general and OpenAI in particular isn't just a Silicon Valley parlor game but national watercooler talk. OpenAI is the next Google! some excitedly cry, it will change the way we use the internet! Others warn that it’s the next FTX, an over-hyped scam led by a charismatic founder that will go to zero.
We’ve assembled an all-star crew of writers who make their case for what they argue is OpenAI's future. Some see huge returns, others see serious peril; in some cases the tech is transformative on a scale we today have difficulty even imagining, in others you'll hear about a very boring if extremely lucrative business. And also Taco Bell.
Today’s Fastest Growing Company Might Surprise You
🚨 No, it's not the publicly traded tech giant you might expect… Meet $MODE, the disruptor turning phones into potential income generators. Investors are buzzing about the company's pre-IPO offering.1
📲 Mode saw 32,481% revenue growth from 2019 to 2022, ranking them the #1 overall software company on Deloitte’s most recent fastest-growing companies list2 by aiming to pioneer "Privatized Universal Basic Income" powered by technology — not government. Their flagship product, EarnPhone, has already helped consumers earn & save $325M+.
🫴 Mode’s Pre-IPO offering1 is live at $0.26/share, and 20,000+ shareholders already participated in its previous sold-out offering. They’ve just been granted the stock ticker $MODE by the Nasdaq1, and this is your last chance to invest in Mode Mobile at $0.26/share before 2025.3
2 unexpected comparisons that take us out of our tech bubble
OpenAI is Taco Bell: A California-born company built on the steady repurposing of old ingredients, promising transcendence.
OpenAI is Visa: Visa’s success wasn’t just about building a payments network; it was about creating barriers that locked in customers and locked out competitors.
Are Smartphones Key to Basic Income in the AI Era?
Some of today’s most prolific thinkers predict that universal basic income will be necessary if AI takes over human jobs.
And it’s Mode Mobile who’s stepping up and paying real people — right now. By monetizing smartphone usage, they’ve put over $325M in their customers’ pockets.
This is your last chance to invest in their pre-IPO offering1 in 2024 at $0.26/share.3
What else we’re Snackin’
Few creatives can work without Adobe. It would be like an electrician without a toolbox, except an electrician owns their tools and doesn’t have to spend $60 a month for the privilege of opening it. And OpenAI is the next Adobe.
One of us at Sherwood thinks OpenAI is the next Uber. Another argues, nope, it’s gonna be the next Lyft.
No one wanted to tackle the “OpenAI will be Skynet” hysteria, maybe because AI is already coming to a battlefield near you?
Meanwhile, we’ve been keeping a running list of all the news organizations partnering with — or suing — OpenAI to date.
Uber did it to taxis, Airbnb did it to hotels, and now Mode Mobile is doing it to the $500 billion smartphone industry. At just $0.26/share, you can still own a piece of this disruptor³ before they go public.¹
Snack Fact of the Day
OpenAI is worth $157 billion: more than Zoom, Zillow, Snap, Duolingo, Domino’s, The New York Times, Roku, and Ralph Lauren combined
This Week
Monday: Pending home sales
Tuesday: New Year’s Eve; US financial markets close early. S&P Case-Shiller home price index
Wednesday: New Year’s Day; US financial markets closed
Thursday: Initial jobless claims. Construction spending
Friday: ISM manufacturing data
Advertiser's disclosures:
¹ Mode Mobile recently received their ticker reservation with Nasdaq ($MODE), indicating an intent to IPO in the next 24 months. An intent to IPO is no guarantee that an actual IPO will occur.
² The rankings are based on submitted applications and public company database research, with winners selected based on their fiscal-year revenue growth percentage over a three-year period.
³ Please read the offering circular and related risks at invest.modemobile.com. This is a paid advertisement for Mode Mobile’s Regulation A+ Offering.
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