237 | OpenAI goes for-profit and targets a $1 TRILLION IPO, GitHub & Cursor ignite a multi-agent coding war, Canva’s FREE Affinity suite ambushes Adobe, AI-generated music war heats up while lawsuits loom, and more AI news for the week ending Oct 31, 2025
Is the AI boom about to reshape the global power structure — and your business model with it?OpenAI just made its long-anticipated leap into the for-profit world — triggering billion-dollar investments, a trillion-dollar valuation trajectory, and a redefined power dynamic with Microsoft. But that’s just one headline in a week filled with seismic shifts in the AI ecosystem.From Anthropic rolling out memory (finally) to Claude, to Canva dropping a free Adobe killer, to ChatGPT hitting 1M weekly suicide-related chats — this episode is a full-throttle ride through the wild frontier of AI, business, and ethics.Whether you're leading a team, shaping policy, or trying to future-proof your strategy — this is the episode you can’t afford to skip.In this session, you'll discover: - Why OpenAI's restructure gives the nonprofit surprising control — and what that signals for governance - The trillion-dollar IPO roadmap (yes, trillion) and why SoftBank just doubled down - Microsoft's 27% stake in OpenAI and what it reveals about their AI dominance strategy - OpenAI’s urgent call to the White House: “Electricity is the new oil” - How Claude is challenging ChatGPT with memory, portability, and frictionless context - Canva vs Adobe: Why a free Affinity suite might shake up the design software world - Music industry disruptions: OpenAI enters the AI-music ring with Suno in its sights - The billion-dollar legaltech boom and what it means for professional services - Crypto-trading AIs: Which models are winning with real money — and which are tanking - Why Google's new AI Earth tools could save lives (or at least predict cholera outbreaks) - What the rise of agentic browsers and multi-model orchestration means for your stack About Leveraging AI The Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Multiplai_AI/ Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/ Join our Live Sessions, AI Hangouts and newsletter: https://services.multiplai.ai/events If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, leave us a five-star review on your favorite podcast platform, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!