Competitive Moat is Shifting to the Data Layer
darian314 · x · 2026-07-09
The post concludes that the competitive gap hasn't disappeared; it has merely shifted to areas invisible to the public, which is exactly what enterprises are continuously giving away.
The end of the post mentions that the author's full article will discuss their reasons for investing in open-weight labs, data sovereignty tools, and orchestration layers.
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