If your investor doesn’t ask about your moat or assumes you’ll ‘figure it out’ later… run. Smart money wants defensibility from day one.
Anonymous 3
Hey I am on Medial • 1m
Depends who’s asking. If it's a fintech or AI infra investor — yes, defensibility better be airtight. If it’s consumer or D2C? Sometimes distribution speed is the moat. Context matters. Don’t apply SaaS logic to everything.
They can replicate the product not the person building it.
Here’s 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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Zain Abdullah
Cyber Security Analy... • 29d
What If Your System Could Explain Itself?
What if you could ask your system?:
“Hey, who can RDP into you?”
“Which files are unprotected?”
“Are you using legacy policies?”
That’s what Barqen (not SecureAudit) is doing.
We make endpoints speak for t
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mg
News & updates • 5d
💀 99% of AI Startups Will Die by 2026 – Here's Why
1. LLM Wrappers ≠ Real Products
Most AI startups are just pretty UIs over OpenAI’s API. No real backend. No IP. No moat. They're charging ₹4,000/month for workflows that cost ₹300 if done directly
🔥 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
Too Many Startups, Same Industry—Who’s Solving the Real Problems?
Right now, it feels like every other startup is entering the same few industries—D2C beauty, Ayurveda, fintech, and food&Qcom delivery. Everyone is rushing to do what’s already been d
Is AI Really Taking Over Lead Generation? Here’s My Take.
Let’s talk about it —
Everyone’s buzzing about AI tools replacing manual lead gen.
But here’s the truth I’ve learned from experience:
✅ AI can speed up research.
✅ 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?
Yeah… that’s already starting to feel outdated.
Today,
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Aravind Saji
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IIITKottayam • 3m
🚀 The Era of Simple Startups Is Over!
There was a time when startups were easy to explain:
🍕 Zomato = Food delivery + restaurant discovery
📦 Flipkart = Amazon for India
🚖 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 IDE😊
2) coder rankboard 💻
3) AI job searching 🗜️
1)Turtal AI lightweight customizab
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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAI • 1m
🚀 Startup Wisdom from YC (with timestamps):
1️⃣ (00:00)
From reality show → Twitch: Justin.tv started as a 24/7 livestream experiment. Investor pushback forced Seibel into the CEO role.
2️⃣ (02:26)
Technical bets matter. YC’s Paul Buchheit convinc