Brains by API, Value by UX? Curious to hear your thoughts

The other day I was talking with a friend about how companies like Anthropic and ChatGPT sell intelligence through APIs but much of the user-facing value is being created by other companies which use their APIs.

These companies wrap the API (hence the name openAI-wrappers) with clean UX, clever prompts, and just enough orchestration to feel like a full product. They don’t need to build the model, they just need to understand the user’s workflow.

But now, with OpenAI acquiring the hardware startup IO and moving toward building physical products, the lines are starting to blur. Will we end up with one unified interface for general intelligence, or a fragmented ecosystem of domain-specific wrappers?

Super curious to hear where you think this is headed. Also, as a side question, what are your thoughts about all these gpt-wrappers?