Is OpenAI the new Amazon? The ChatGPT maker keeps branching out and erasing market value from competitors.
created: Oct. 2, 2025, 9:42 a.m. | updated: Oct. 3, 2025, 5:04 p.m.
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And although the company's SaaS tools are just for internal use at this point, investors aren't waiting around for the possibility they're eventually offered to other companies.
Now, investors are preparing for a reality where those tools are used outside of OpenAI, even if that hasn't happened yet.
Shares of Chegg competitor Pearson also dropped as investors fretted over OpenAI's impact on the wider ed-tech space.
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