X exec says technical moats are over; researcher counters that model outputs differ by taste
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-12
X product lead nikitabier argued that technical moats are mostly over: durable products now rely only on proprietary data, network effects, or a physical component. Researcher @menhguin pushed back, noting that models give very different outputs depending on your individual research taste — implying that knowing how to use frontier models is itself a moat.
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