Speed of Innovation as the Only Remaining Moat

Amplitude CEO @spenserskates says the SaaSpocalypse is real, and your old moat is dead. The only moat now is speed of innovation: "You have to be pushing the bleeding edge of what capabilities are. If you create a company that can do that, that's what customers will buy." "What the SaaSpocalypse has gotten right is - if you look at the median SaaS company, their innovation has actually slowed to a standstill." "It's crazy how little they ship in terms of net new products." "Speed of using the bleeding edge of these model capabilities is all that matters. You're even seeing it in the foundational model companies. Opus was the hottest thing a week ago, then it Codex literally launched the same day, saying, 'We're even better, and we're faster and we're on Cerebras chips.' I think all that matters is the rate of improvement." "It's like sushi. Buyers are always going to want the best thing. So if you're keeping up with innovating the best thing, you will be able to charge a premium. It's fine that the 7/11 gas station now sells sushi. It's not going to put Jiro in Japan out of business." "The lesson is - there is no moat anymore from what we've built. There's only a moat if we're able to deliver the most bleeding edge capability."