Pretty sure Google fits any definition of major model maker that SpaceX does, and had their IPO long before SpaceX.
Meta and Microsoft both are also significant makers of GenAI models that are public, though neither has a big tentpole LLM line that they sell access.to commercially like OpenAI, Anthropic. Google, SpaceX, which I infer might be what you mean by major model maker.
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Pretty sure Google fits any definition of major model maker that SpaceX does, and had their IPO long before SpaceX.
Meta and Microsoft both are also significant makers of GenAI models that are public, though neither has a big tentpole LLM line that they sell access.to commercially like OpenAI, Anthropic. Google, SpaceX, which I infer might be what you mean by major model maker.