Google's Insane AI
Google's Insane AI
OpenAI's Real Motive, Google's Insane Counterattack (This Week's AI War Report) Your App is Coming to ChatGPT (This Week's Must-Read AI News) AI Weekly: OpenAI Reopens its App Store, Google Launches a Vibe-Coding App, and a $180 Million Automation Tool
The AI industry has been turned upside down again in just one week.
OpenAI has reopened the ChatGPT App Store, and Google has countered with an AI vibe-coding app. Meanwhile, a little-known automation tool has secured a $180 million investment.
Feeling lost in the whirlwind of news? Don't worry. A 6th-year PM from an AI startup is here to completely dissect the true meaning behind all these events and the opportunities we should seize.
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In the AI industry, the world doesn't just change in a week; it changes overnight.
This week was another whirlwind of mind-boggling news.
OpenAI launched something new again, Google countered with a new app, and an obscure automation tool landed a $180 million investment.
If you just skim these headlines, they might seem like simple IT gossip. But if you read between the lines and see the shifting landscape, you'll find incredible opportunities.
Today, through the eyes of a 6th-year AI startup PM, I'll completely dissect the essence of the three most important events of this week.
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First Event: OpenAI Relaunches ChatGPT Apps. What's Their Real Motive?
First off, OpenAI has made another move. They've launched a feature called ChatGPT Apps.
If you're thinking, "Wait, didn't that come out before as 'GPTs' and fail?" you're half right and half wrong.
The old GPTs were more about sharing chatbots we created with others. It was like a well-made prompt-sharing marketplace. But these new Apps are on a completely different level.
Now, we can install and run services from external companies like apps, right within the ChatGPT chat window.
For example, while chatting with ChatGPT, you could say, "Create three design drafts in Canva based on what we just discussed," and ChatGPT would instantly call the Canva app to create the designs.
From a PM's perspective, what does this mean?
This is OpenAI blatantly revealing its ambition to become more than just a smart chatbot—to become a massive platform like Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store, where all services converge.
They're essentially saying, "Users, stop switching between multiple apps. Just get everything done inside our ChatGPT with a single command."
It's a frightening strategy to completely lock users into their ecosystem.
So, what opportunities does this present for solo entrepreneurs or small teams like us?
A huge opportunity. Now, without spending billions to build a separate app, a path has opened for us to implement our ideas as apps on ChatGPT—the platform with the most traffic in the world—and even generate revenue. The person who creates the most useful mini-app within ChatGPT could become the winner in this new market.
Second Event: Google's Counterattack, the Launch of AI Vibe-Coding App Opal
As OpenAI moved to expand its ecosystem, Google, of course, didn't just stand by.
Google has launched an AI vibe-coding app called Opal.
Opal is still in its pre-release phase, so the exact nature of the tool is still under wraps. However, based on the information released so far, it seems to be a service like Rubbrble or Tempo, which we often discuss on our channel, that generates functional code from text-based ideas.
From a PM's perspective, this move by Google is very significant.
Google isn't trying to dominate the market with a single powerful model like OpenAI. They're using a strategy of pulling both developers and users into their ecosystem through numerous tools like Android, Google Workspace, and now, Opal.
Just like the mobile war between Apple and Google, this is a clear sign that the AI market is shifting from a battle of model performance to a battle of ecosystems.
Third Event: Automation Tool n8n Secures $180 Million in Funding
Lastly, and perhaps the most important news of today.
A company with a rather unfamiliar name, n8n, has raised a staggering $180 million in its Series C funding round.
n8n is a tool, like Zapier, that connects various apps to automate workflows. So why is so much money pouring into a market where a giant like Zapier already exists?
n8n is open-source and differentiates itself by enabling much more complex and sophisticated, developer-level automation than Zapier.
From a PM's perspective, the message this event sends us is clear.
The real gold mine of the AI era isn't the flashy AI models themselves, but the field of automation—connecting and weaving these models together to solve real-world business problems.
What's the point if an AI can generate a hundred brilliant ideas? They're useless unless you can connect those ideas to actual business processes to increase revenue and reduce costs.
VCs saw the value in that connection and bet $180 million on it.
Conclusion: The One Opportunity You Must Seize This Week
Alright, let's sum it up.
OpenAI is trying to become a platform, Google is countering with its ecosystem, and the real money is flowing into automation.
What is the one opportunity that all these trends are pointing to?
It's creating small services that use AI to automate specific problems for people.
And now, thanks to OpenAI's ChatGPT Apps, the perfect stage has been set to build and distribute those services.
In the midst of this massive paradigm shift, what opportunity will you seize?
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Originally published on YouTube: 11/7/2025