Building AI products is easy — surviving the cold start is the real moat
gefei55 · x · 2026-09-26
- Quoted post looks back at products from a year ago: some features never updated, some websites dead. Building a product is easy; the real moats are surviving when nobody uses it, marketing it, iterating on feedback, and founder persistence.
- Most people rush in to copy with AI for money without understanding the problem; money is a byproduct of solving real problems.
- The commenter adds that people overestimate short-term passion and underestimate the value of long-term persistence.
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