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Comment by bruce511

There is no technical moat, but that doesn't mean there isn't a moat.

Amazon might be a good analogy here. I'm old enough to remember when Amazon absorbed billions of VC money, making losses year over year. Every day there was some new article about how insane it was.

There's no technical moat around online sales. And lots of companies sell online. But Amazon is still the biggest (by a long long way) (at least in the US). Their "moat" is in public minds here.

Google is a similar story. As is Facebook. Yes the details change, but rhe basic path is well trodden. Uber? Well the juries still out there.

Will OpenAI be the next Amazon? Will it be the next IBM? We don't know, but people are pouring billions in to find out.

parent bruce511 1 year ago

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