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MCP & Funding: The 4 Scenarios That Define OpenAI’s Future

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When OpenAI announced the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in 2025, it was framed as nothing less than the “HTTP of AI.” A universal standard for passing context between apps, agents, and enterprise workflows. In theory, MCP could do for AI what TCP/IP did for the internet: create a layer so indispensable that every serious player … Read more

Big Brain vs Small Brain: OpenAI Codex/MCP and Tongyi DeepResearch Show Two Futures of AI

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In the race to define the future of artificial intelligence, two radically different strategies are beginning to crystallize. On one side is OpenAI, doubling down on frontier-scale models, enterprise partnerships, and high-end infrastructure like Codex v2 and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). On the other side is Tongyi Lab, the Alibaba-backed group that just released … Read more