Depends whoโs asking. If it's a fintech or AI infra investor โ yes, defensibility better be airtight. If itโs consumer or D2C? Sometimes distribution speed is the moat. Context matters. Donโt apply SaaS logic to everything.
They can replicate the product not the person building it.
Hereโs how I think about Founder Moats:
1) Speed Moat - We move faster than anyone else. Execution is our unfair advantage.
2) Distribution Moat - We have direct access to the audience oth
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Afnan Danish
Founder, Builder, Ob...ย โขย 7d
๐ Top Indian Cities for Startup Categories ๐ฎ๐ณโจ
Choosing the right city can 10x your startup's journey. Hereโs where each industry finds its perfect home๐
๐ Bengaluru โ Indiaโs Silicon Valley
๐น Best for: AI, SaaS, DeepTech, EdTech
๐น Why: Massi
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mg
News & updatesย โขย 27d
๐ 99% of AI Startups Will Die by 2026 โ Here's Why
1. LLM Wrappers โ Real Products
Most AI startups are just pretty UIs over OpenAIโs API. No real backend. No IP. No moat. They're charging โน4,000/month for workflows that cost โน300 if done directly
๐ฅ Think AI is just another tech trend? Think again.
In India's fast-evolving startup scene, distribution beats product, focus trumps speed, and outcome ownership outshines technical jargon.
In our latest breakdown, we reveal 8 powerful AI-driven sh
Is AI Really Taking Over Lead Generation? Hereโs My Take.
Letโs talk about it โ
Everyoneโs buzzing about AI tools replacing manual lead gen.
But hereโs the truth Iโve learned from experience:
โ AI can speed up research.
โ AI can help with enrichme
Google changed the way we searched. Now AI is changing the why.
Remember when we typed in a few keywords, skimmed through 10 links, clicked around, and finally found what we were looking for?
Yeahโฆ thatโs already starting to feel outdated.
Today,
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Aravind Saji
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IIITKottayamย โขย 4m
๐ The Era of Simple Startups Is Over!
There was a time when startups were easy to explain:
๐ Zomato = Food delivery + restaurant discovery
๐ฆ Flipkart = Amazon for India
๐ Ola = Uber for India
Simple. Investors got it. Customers got it. Life was
Now I will briefly explain how we buid my
https://medial.app/idea/turtal-ai-caaaf91d0ac7f
Our main unique feature is -
1)Turtal AI lightweight customizable turta IDE๐
2) coder rankboard ๐ป
3) AI job searching ๐๏ธ
1)Turtal AI lightweight customizab
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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAIย โขย 2m
๐ Startup Wisdom from YC (with timestamps):
1๏ธโฃ (00:00)
From reality show โ Twitch: Justin.tv started as a 24/7 livestream experiment. Investor pushback forced Seibel into the CEO role.
2๏ธโฃ (02:26)
Technical bets matter. YCโs Paul Buchheit convinc