Rahul Shetty
Knowledge Keeper will break the walls created by ChatGPT
Mar 16, 2025
Imagine you find a funny Instagram story from your favourite meme account and want to share it on Snapchat. Sounds simple, right? But instead no you cant, without ripping the video illegally and then sharing it without crediting the creator. Why? Because Instagram's walled garden is designed to keep you within its boundaries.
This isn't an accident—it's a business strategy. From productivity tools (think Microsoft Teams vs. Google Meet) to social media, U.S. tech giants have turned interoperability into a myth. Consider these examples:
Gmail vs. Outlook: Synching your personal Google calendar with your work MS Calendar is like trying to get a cat to fetch—it's technically possible, but emotionally taxing.
Slack vs. Teams: Both are collaboration tools, yet integrating them is more complex than filing your ITRs.
ChatGPT: Custom GPTs? Sure! But collaborating on a document without everyone having an OpenAI account? That's like asking a friend to join a WhatsApp group without a smartphone.
The result? A digital landscape where users are trapped in ecosystems .
Why Walled Gardens Win (Until They Don’t)
Blame the economics. The North American productivity software market is projected to reach $189 billion by 2031, and walled gardens are the cash cows. By locking users into their ecosystems, companies:
Monetize attention: Social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram) keep you scrolling in-app to maximize ad revenue, much like a street food vendor keeps you coming back for more chaat.
Crush competition: Remember when Microsoft Office was the only game in town? Now it's Google Workspace vs. Teams—both equally allergic to cross-platform harmony.
Hoard data: ChatGPT's terms of service which is essentially a data-sharing agreement.
But here's the twist: TikTok broke the mold. By letting users export videos anywhere, it prioritized user experience over control—and became the first app to hit 10 billion downloads in under 5 years.
ChatGPT: The Newest Wall Builder
OpenAI's wonder-tool isn't immune to walled garden syndrome. You can see it in the four limitations in ChatGPT.
Collaboration? Not quite. It's impossible to collaborate on a single document. You can share it for others to read, but that's it.
Hallucinations galore: After 1,500 words and with a long prompt hain, ChatGPT starts hallucinating…. A lot!
Stale docs = lost knowledge: Within ChatGPT and outside, keeping documents updated and fresh is a problem all of us have.
Data ownership? Not yours. Your brilliant ideas? OpenAI's training fuel.
Enter Knowledge Keeper—the “TikTok” of AI tools.
Knowledge Keeper: Tearing Down Walls, One Bot at a Time
This isn't just another productivity app. It's a revolution. Here's how it fixes ChatGPT's "roach motel" approach (data checks in, but it never checks out):
Problem | ChatGPT | Knowledge Keeper |
|---|---|---|
Collaboration | Requires OpenAI accounts for all users | Real-time editing, no account walls |
Hallucinations | Rampant after 1,500 words | Hallucination-resistant algorithms |
Document Ownership | OpenAI owns your data | Self-hostable, GDPR-compliant storage |
Stale Knowledge | Docs decay like unrefrigerated paneer | Auto-updating API integrations |
Knowledge Keeper even lets you build custom bots (HR, API support, risk tracking) that pull from your docs—not some Silicon Valley server farm.
The Future Isn’t Walled—It’s Wild
TikTok proved openness wins. Now, as AI eats the world, the question is: Will we let it build walls or bridges? Knowledge Keeper's bet, Tear down the gardens, plant some trees, and throw a block party.