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Generative AI Moats in B2B with Emergence Capital’s Jake Saper

ACQ2 by Acquired

CHAPTER

The Demoralizing Effect of the Open API on the Startup Market

The current state of the startup market is effectively a horde of generative AI enabled hammers looking for a nail. The reason I'm demoralized by it is because people have forgotten the core lesson in company building, which is you should build something people desperately need. We've been focused on like, this tech is really cool. It's really magical. And I can over the weekend just hack away at it and build something really cool. But then the question is what is ultimately defensible?

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