Cross-Border Backgrounds Emerge as a Startup Moat in the AI Era

As AI and remote work shrink distances, cross-border founders are turning their backgrounds into moats: over half of US unicorns were founded by immigrants and 44% of a16z Apps' early investments have international founders, with offline networking proving key to building cross-border ties.

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