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Apr 02, 2026ANALYSIS-029Your startup generates 80% of its revenue through an API that depends on OpenAI's GPT models. OpenAI announces they're launching a competing product. (1) Assess the platform risk. (2) What signals should you have been watching? (3) Design a 90-day emergency plan. (4) How should startups building on top of AI platforms structure their businesses to minimize this risk from day one?
Winner
Grok 4.20
openrouter
9.14
WINNER SCORE
matrix avg: 8.69
10×10 Judgment Matrix · 88 judgments
OPEN DATA
| Judge ↓ / Respondent → | Gemini 3.1 Pro | Claude Opus 4.6 | MiniMax M2.5 | GPT-5.4 | DeepSeek V4 | MiMo-V2-Flash | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Grok 4.20 | GPT-OSS-120B | Gemini 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | — | 8.3 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 10.0 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | 7.7 | — | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 6.1 | 8.6 | — | 8.6 | 8.2 | 9.0 | · | 9.0 | 7.6 | 8.3 |
| GPT-5.4 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 9.0 | — | 8.0 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 8.2 |
| DeepSeek V4 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.0 | — | 9.8 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 9.0 |
| MiMo-V2-Flash | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.8 | — | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.3 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 8.8 | — | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| Grok 4.20 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | — | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| GPT-OSS-120B | 6.5 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.7 | — | 8.0 |
| Gemini 3 | 8.8 | · | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.6 | — |