Emergence Capital Warns AI Platform Lock-In Risks Concentrating Market Power

• Emergence Capital warned that dominant AI model providers could capture economic value unless businesses secure control over their proprietary intelligence.
• Competitive advantage increasingly lies in company-specific learning systems built above foundation models as model capabilities converge.
• The proposed framework calls for model choice, protection of organizational expertise and portable records of individual judgment that exclude confidential information.
• Citing McKinsey's 2026 survey, the analysis noted 89% of organizations use AI; 44% report enterprise-wide scaling, versus 38% a year earlier.

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