Our regular column: How's OpenAI doing?
Anthropic shipped ready-made AI agents on desktop. Notion too. My question: where are the promised autonomous workers from OpenAI that were supposed to be sold to corporations for $2,000-$20,000 per month a year ago?
They exist, but access is limited to SoftBank-level corporations. In early February 2026, OpenAI rolled out the Frontier platform — infrastructure for managing AI agents with deep database integration. To sell this complex product to C-suite executives, OpenAI even brought in consultants from McKinsey and Accenture. And the Operator agent only works with the ChatGPT Pro subscription at $200/mo.
OpenAI builds systems through long enterprise deal cycles. Anthropic gives employees plugins for $25/mo.
Both strategies work but target different markets. Today about 80% of Anthropic's revenue comes from B2B clients (SMB), while OpenAI's figure is closer to 40% (the rest is consumer ChatGPT). OpenAI wants to become the main infrastructure vendor for Fortune 500 giants, selling turnkey AI. Anthropic bets on speed of adoption, which made it the favorite work tool of product teams, marketers, and developers.