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platform economics

Major Tech Platforms Opening New App Stores

Timeframe: 12-24 months for initial wave of opportunities

What's Changing

Major platforms (OpenAI, potentially others) launching app stores creating new distribution and monetization opportunities

Driving Forces

AI platforms reaching scale requiring third-party extensions

Platform companies wanting ecosystem revenue share

Developer demand for new distribution channels

User demand for specialized AI applications

Winners

  • Early developers who build during low competition phase
  • Companies with existing products that can be adapted
  • Platform owners taking revenue share
  • Users getting specialized functionality

Losers

  • Late entrants facing higher competition
  • Standalone apps that could be replaced by platform extensions
  • Companies that miss timing window

How to Position Yourself

1

Build quickly while platform rules are still forming

2

Focus on specialized use cases rather than general tools

3

Leverage existing customer base for early adoption

4

Establish relationships with platform for promotional support

Early Signals to Watch

Platform announcing developer revenue share termsFirst success stories getting media coveragePlatform adding discovery and promotion featuresEnterprise adoption of platform extensions

Example Implementation

“Consensus adapted scientific research tool for OpenAI store, became #1 GPT with 2x usage of next competitor”

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