From our conversations though, a lot of companies also don't want to lose complete control over the user experience

As a user, I don't care, these companies have not been servicing us, nor have our best interests in mind. The investors are still prioritized. I want to see control taken from them. Give me the API and I can design the experience I want with Ai. They get to focus on their core competency, not UI that they constantly churn.

This is the real opportunity in age of Ai. We need to rethink how the economy works for (the betterment of) all people.