Most AI Tools Are Just LLM Wrappers. Here's What Actually Matters.

In 2025, AI wrapper startups raised over $10 billion. The product? Take an LLM API. Add a text box. Maybe some prompt templates. Charge $30/month. Call it "AI-powered." Not mad at the hustle. But if your entire product disappears the moment ChatGPT adds your feature for free, you don't have a product. You have a timing play. The Wrapper Test One question tells you everything: Can you replicate the output by pasting the same input into ChatGPT or Claude? If yes: it's a wrapper...