Second Requests Podcasts

Promoting AI Innovation Through Competition

Jun 27, 2025

We speak with Jack Corrigan, Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), about his landmark report: Promoting AI Innovation Through Competition: A Guide to Managing Market Power.

We break down:

  • Why market concentration in AI threatens innovation, national security, and democratic governance
  • How partnerships like Microsoft + OpenAI shaped the AI ecosystem
  • What chokepoints exist across the infrastructure, model, and application layers
  • How policymakers can act now to prevent an anti-competitive future

Whether you’re a policymaker, tech strategist, or competition nerd—this conversation delivers rare insight into the next frontier of AI regulation.