Investor Jared Kubin: Agent Layer Still Poses Existential Challenge to App-Layer Software
JaredKubin · x · 2026-09-10
- In an exchange about "moats in the age of AI," Jared Kubin argues the last three months have done nothing to invalidate the existential challenge facing app-layer software: the emergence of a new agent layer that almost no one has a good answer for yet.
- His proposed moat combo: frictionless interaction, productivity enhancement, and unique data.
- mattslotnick responds that as replication costs fall, something irreplicable (like a unique data flywheel) is required, or you'll be forever treading water and challenged on pricing.
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