Has coding become so commoditized that anyone can copy funded startups?

Does that hold water with you, or do you believe that's a little bit overblown as a concern?

16:55 / 17:33

But one thing that I did here, and I wanna test this a little bit, there was another investor that said, the one difference between now and, like, the enterprise SaaS world is things like coding have been effectively commoditized and become at a pace where you can actually vibe code something over a course of two to four weeks and actually build something that is at parity with something that's already been funded. Does that hold water with you, or do you believe that's a little bit overblown as a concern?

I think it's a real concern. I think that is the that is what distinguishes great products from, like, an amalgamation

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A discussion about whether modern development tools have made it too easy to quickly replicate existing funded products. The conversation explores the concern that coding capabilities have been commoditized to the point where competitors can build feature-equivalent products in just 2-4 weeks, fundamentally changing the competitive landscape for enterprise SaaS.

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This clip addresses a fundamental shift in how quickly competitive products can be built, which has major implications for startup defensibility and investor decision-making.

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