Hiten Shah: AI makes mediocre software incredibly cheap, which may make great software more valuable
round · x · 2026-09-09
Repeat CEO Hiten Shah argues that AI is driving the cost of mediocre software toward zero, and that this flood of cheap output may paradoxically increase the value of genuinely great software.
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