AI Makes Every Founder More Capable — And Every Moat Easier to Copy
McDonaghMatthew · x · 2026-09-18
Matt McDonagh argues AI creates a core tension for founders: tools let small teams research markets, build software and run campaigns that once required far more people and money, but they hand the same capabilities to every competitor, shrinking both the idea-to-product and product-to-substitute distances. He contends durable value must now come from assets, relationships or operating advantages that survive the next model improvement, and asks what a business actually accumulates while its tools keep getting better.
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