Google and Microsoft just entered the “vibe coding race.”
Google just launched its own “vibe coding” platform, Opal.Satya Nadella announced, a couple of days back, the launch of GitHub Spark. GitHub Copilot has been the platform that kicked off the AI race in the early 2020s; yet, we’re now in a different phase, a further mass adoption phase, where the audience is no longer just technical —it’s much broader. In that perspective, Microsoft is adjusting its strategy.
Is this just a race after what’s buzzy at the moment? Or is there something more structural, critical for the long-term success of the AI race?
I argue the latter, let me explain…
Within a mere 48 hours this week, the AI landscape experienced a seismic shift.
GitHub Spark and Google Opal launched back-to-back, signaling that the battle for AI dominance has definitively moved from infrastructure to the application layer.
This isn’t just another product launch cycle—it’s the opening salvo in what will determine who controls the next decade of software creation.
Building on Gennaro Cuofano’s analysis of the Windsurf acquisition drama, we’re now witnessing the hyperscalers execute on the exact playbook he predicted: a rush toward locking in distribution on the enterprise, B2B, and consumer sides of the application layer.
Gennaro is the creator of FourWeekMBA, which reached about four million business people, comprising C-level executives, investors, analysts, product managers, and aspiring digital entrepreneurs in 2022 alone | He is also Director of Sales for a high-tech scaleup in the AI Industry | In 2012, Gennaro earned an International MBA with emphasis on Corporate Finance and Business Strategy.
