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He said Google built its business on "being the middleman between users and websites", whereas ChatGPT is "eliminating the middleman entirely".

He said the only way he has managed to stay in the industry was by cutting out the middleman and setting up his own stores to reach consumers directly.

Indian state refiners mostly buy Russian oil from middlemen instead of directly from Rosneft and Lukoil, providing a possible workaround to U.S. sanctions, according to analysts.

It’s nothing but buck-passing middlemen in league with penny-pinching hospital executives.

The government gets what it wants—basic research, disease cures—and companies get new product ideas and access to patents, cutting out the university middleman.