Investor Seth Winterroth: technical moats are over, only data, network effects and hardware remain
xmercury_one · x · 2026-10-12
Investor Seth Winterroth argues that technical moats are mostly gone at this point. For anything meant to be durable, only three moats remain: proprietary data, network effects, and a physical component — a thesis especially relevant for robotics and AI startups where model advantages are quickly commoditized.
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