OpenAI nearly imploded last fall when the company fired its CEO and most of its employees threatened to quit, reminding enterprise adopters about the risks of putting all their genAI eggs in one basket. Since then, AI vendors leapfrogged one another in capabilities and features, and a multitude of open-source models hit the scene, offering lower cost or more specialized alternatives.
In addition, regulatory constraints and security concerns are pushing some companies to run their AI in on-premises data centers or in private clouds under their full control.
For all of these reasons, some companies are looking to third-party platforms that don’t lock them into any one particular AI vendor or cloud provider, and VMware – now owned by Broadcom – is one of the leading contenders for the job.
