AI models will become every company’s new website, but data flywheels will decide the winners
aigclink · x · 2026-07-28
The post argues that in the end, every company will have its own model, just as every company today has its own website. It says:
- Skills and agents will mostly become training fuel for model companies, while the real moat will be a proprietary data flywheel.
- Roles inside model companies are already shifting: algorithm engineers look more like operators, benchmark people like product managers, and data-pipeline teams like the old-school programmers.
- The current moment is likened to the era of the “Big Four portals”; as the ecosystem matures, the market will split into many model segments just like websites did.
- The practical advice is to start with agents, but eventually build your own model and data flywheel to avoid being trapped in increasingly commoditized software work.
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