Trace Cohen(@Trace_Cohen):Everyone wants to invest in the startup with the best AI model. I’m increasingly interested in the company with the best proprietary workflow. Models will keep getting better, cheaper and more interchangeable. But if your product is where customers actually do the work every day, you get something much harder to copy: The data. The feedback. The customer relationship. The distribution. The model might be the reason someone tries your product. The workflow is why they stay.

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Trace Cohen@Trace_Cohen

2026.09.20 12:01

Everyone wants to invest in the startup with the best AI model. I’m increasingly interested in the company with the best proprietary workflow. Models will keep getting better, cheaper and more interchangeable. But if your product is where customers actually do the work every day, you get something much harder to copy: The data. The feedback. The customer relationship. The distribution. The model might be the reason someone tries your product. The workflow is why they stay.