I just got an email that a creator with a big audience launching his own AI clipping software. My first thought was that anyone could copy this. Claude can clip your long form content on the $20 plan. It got me thinking: if anyone can build anything now, what can’t be copied? I could only come up with five things: Distribution: An audience only you can access. Reputation: Being a face or name others trust and want to associate with. Relationships / Connect: People who answer your calls when you may need something. Proprietary data: Access to data that was incredibly hard or expensive to compile. Licenses and Regulations: Permits, Intellectual Property, Patents These are the only moats left when anyone can build anything with AI.