# Competition Prevents a Cartel From Owning the Future by Alexander Wissner-Gross > "Some of us view [AI-industry coordination] as an attempted cartel, and I think competition is good. OpenAI was originally created as a counterbalance to Google DeepMind, which Elon Musk was concerned would become a singleton dominating the future light cone with its AI. Competition is very healthy in this space. Forming a cartel for full ownership of the future and pushing out a Frontier Liberation Front is a terrible idea." > **— Alexander Wissner-Gross**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and precise locator:** [13:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=788s) — MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026. - **Exact reconciled source object:** “Some of us view [AI-industry coordination] as an attempted cartel, and I think competition is good. OpenAI was originally created as a counterbalance to Google DeepMind, which Elon Musk was concerned would become a singleton dominating the future light cone with its AI. Competition is very healthy in this space. Forming a cartel for full ownership of the future and pushing out a Frontier Liberation Front is a terrible idea.” - **Editorial status:** The poster preserves the source-faithful object, including visible bracketed repairs and omissions where present. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument. - **Weekly promotion dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] records why this object was selected for permanent promotion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alexander Wissner-Gross|Alexander Wissner-Gross]] - [[wiki/AI Capital Ownership|AI Capital Ownership]] - [[wiki/AI Entrepreneurship|AI Entrepreneurship]] - [[wiki/Data Center Investment|Data Center Investment]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Some of us view [AI-industry coordination] as an attempted cartel, and I think competition is good. OpenAI was originally created as a counterbalance to Google DeepMind, which Elon Musk was concerned would become a singleton dominating the future light cone with its AI. Competition is very healthy in this space. Forming a cartel for full ownership of the future and pushing out a Frontier Liberation Front is a terrible idea." — Alexander Wissner-Gross, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-wissner-gross-competition-prevents-cartel-owning-future ```