After AI, building is cheap and attention is scarce, so the moat shifts to distribution
import_jmr · x · 2026-08-18
The author argues the post-AI software curve looks like this: building becomes cheap while attention stays scarce, so the moat moves elsewhere — whoever nails distribution and personalized targeting, delivering the right product to the right person at the right moment, ends up with the strongest moat.
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