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How to Use AI Without Losing Your Mind

Over the last 18 months, some people have hit another gear with AI. They’re moving faster and shipping more without sacrificing quality.

But thanks to the relentless AI hype machine, many others have not only failed to improve, but have ac...

a month ago
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The End of Fragmentation

Many people seem to have the intuition that AI will fragment markets.

The thinking is that because it is now much easier to create software, new companies will be built to serve every niche use case and low-TAM market. Clones of major tech...

2 months ago
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The Software Shakeout: What Is Durable and What Is Not in the Age of AI?

Three weeks ago, investors took a pause from plowing money into AI infrastructure to consider what all those dollars were meant to disrupt, and promptly wiped out $1T in software market cap.

Is it oversold? Unclear. Multiples are the lowes...

3 months ago
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Becoming an artist to outrun the machines

“The intangibles seem to be becoming more important, not less important over time. It seems to be becoming more like an art and less like a science as we go.”

This was Marc Andreessen describing how venture capital is changing1, but he c...

3 months ago
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LLMs vs. Marketplaces

LLMs are on a collision course with marketplaces. The Verge calls it The DoorDash Problem:

So what, exactly, is the DoorDash problem? It’s what happens when an AI interface gets between a service provider, like DoorDash, and you, who mig...

4 months ago
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