Top Investor: AI Killed Most Moats. These 4 Still Work | Liz Christo, Partner @ Stage 2 Capital
The current AI-driven tech environment is creating a false sense of efficiency and scalability, with companies overbuilding internal tools and investors backing ventures based on inflated narratives rather than durable moats. True competitive advantages now lie in proprietary data, networ
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