# Competing with OpenAI on a $30K budget

Published 21 April 2026

[Originally posted on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7452456886655762433/)

Funny. I spent two years competing with OpenAI using a team of 5 and a $30K budget — and winning. Not because we evolved faster.

Because our client's enterprise had full immunity to adopting ChatGPT. Sometimes the antibody is a 47-page procurement process.