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Re:OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup by minimaxir on Friday October 03, 2025 @03:00PM (#45466502)
Again, that's brand loyalty, not a brand moat.

Moats, as noted in Google's "We Have no Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI" memo that made the discussion of moats relevant in AI circles, has a specific economic definition.

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Re:OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup by Sammi on Friday October 03, 2025 @05:12PM (#45467842)
The Seven Powers is considered an authoritarian source on business moats.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32816087-7-powers

It has branding as one of the seven and uses coca cola as an example.

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