I think one thing that's a bit dishonest that I saw a lot yesterday about the "software is dead" post and I don't blame them is people at all the AI companies kinda replying "omg yes it's the best time to build a startup ever" I mean yes, but you have to translate it to "omg best time to pay my company money for tokens to build your startup ever" And you have a lot of people who are already rich (post-money) who say similar, because they don't need to pay their bills with their salary…

@levelsio@levelsio4h ago

I'd expand the moats left to: - Proprietary data or content: data nobody else has, or unique content you can create - Network effects / community: users make it more valuable for each other - Audience / distribution: you can get attention on demand - Physical component: hardware, locations, real-world operations - Capital: owning assets and investing (esp into the AI companies as they are and will suck up large parts of the economy) - Regulatory: licenses and legal barriers