Why building in public kills startups: strategy secrecy beats market legibility in AI era
ayushtweetshere · x · 2026-09-16
nicolaqua argues that building in public and 'legibility to capital markets' both undermine building a good startup: strategy and unique insights are your main weapons, and sharing them openly makes you one of many—hence quant firms' secrecy. Ayush agrees, saying he's almost stopped building in public, preferring private work and closed communities.
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