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The AI tools market has formed a two-tiered ecosystem of large-company foundation models plus a vertical application layer, exhibiting an hourglass structure: the infrastructure layer is monopolized by AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, while the foundation model layer is dominated by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.
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7/17/2026
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