Side-point - I'd even put an asterisk on OpenAI's innovation. a) Initial release was an amalgamation of prior research (valid) b) Subsequent models have for the most part been upgrades + optimizations (new iphone models aren't innovations), and c) their products are essentially emergent behaviors of a technology that is already a commodity (or ideas taken from the wider ecosystem). Not to say they aren't great engineers!

By constantly being in the headlines, they've given competitors lots of room to catch up.