The AI Industry Was Flipped on Its Head Again—In Just One Week.
The AI Industry Was Flipped on Its Head Again—In Just One Week.
OpenAI's Real Game, 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 was flipped on its head again—in just one week.
OpenAI has reopened the ChatGPT App Store, and Google has struck back with an AI vibe-coding app. Meanwhile, a little-known automation tool has secured a $180 million investment.
Feeling lost in the flood of frantic news? Don't worry. As a PM with 6 years of experience in AI startups, I'm here to perfectly dissect the true meaning behind all these events and the opportunities we need to seize.
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In the AI industry, the world doesn't just change in a week—it changes in the blink of an eye.
This week was no exception, with a torrent of mind-boggling news.
OpenAI launched something new again, Google countered with a new app, and a little-known automation tool secured a massive investment worth 250 billion won.
If you just skim these headlines, they might seem like simple IT gossip. But if you can read the shifting dynamics hidden within, you'll see incredible opportunities.
Today, through the eyes of a PM with six years in AI startups, I will completely break down the essence of the three most important events of this week.
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First Event: OpenAI's Relaunch of ChatGPT Apps—What's Their Real Motive?
First off, OpenAI has made another move. They've launched a feature called ChatGPT Apps.
"Wait, isn't that the thing that came out as 'GPTs' and failed?" If that's what you're thinking, you're half right and half wrong.
The old GPTs were more like a way to share chatbots we created with others. It was like a marketplace for well-crafted prompts. But these new Apps are on a whole different level.
Now, right inside the ChatGPT chat window, we can install and run services from external companies as if they were apps.
For example, you could be talking to ChatGPT and 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. They want to be a massive platform where all services converge, just like Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store.
They're essentially saying, "Users, stop switching between different apps. Just stay inside our ChatGPT and get everything done with a single sentence."
It's a formidable strategy to completely lock users into their ecosystem.
So, what opportunities does this present for solo founders or small teams like us?
A huge opportunity. We no longer need to spend millions to build a separate app. A path has opened up to implement our ideas as apps—and even generate revenue—within ChatGPT, one of the highest-traffic platforms in the world. 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 the 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 a private preview, so the exact details are under wraps. However, based on the information released so far, it appears to be a service that generates functional code from text-based ideas, similar to tools we often discuss on our channel like Lovable.ai or Tempo.
From a PM's perspective, this move by Google is very significant.
Unlike OpenAI, Google isn't trying to dominate the market with a single, powerful model. They are using a strategy of pulling both developers and users into their ecosystem through a multitude of tools like Android, Google Workspace, and now, Opal.
Much like the mobile war between Apple and Google, this is a clear sign that the AI market is evolving beyond a battle of model performance into a battle of ecosystems.
Third Event: Automation Tool n8n Secures a $180 Million Investment
Finally, and this might be the most important news of all today.
A company with a somewhat unfamiliar name, n8n, has raised a staggering $180 million (approximately 250 billion won) in its Series C funding round.
n8n is a tool that automates workflows by connecting different apps, much like Zapier. So why is so much money flowing into a market where a giant like Zapier already exists?
n8n's differentiator is that it's open-source and allows for 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 good is it if an AI can generate a hundred brilliant ideas? Those ideas are useless unless they can be connected to actual business processes to generate revenue and cut costs.
VCs saw the value in that connection, and that's why they bet $180 million on it.
Conclusion: The Single Opportunity You Must Seize This Week So, let's recap.
OpenAI is trying to become a platform, Google is countering with an ecosystem, and the real money is pouring into automation.
What is the single 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 shift, what opportunity will you seize?
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Originally published on YouTube: 11/6/2025