How to Win in the AI Hype Cycle : Insights from a serial tech founder Rick Nucci (Guru founder)
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Rick Nucci, co-founder and CEO of Guru, shares his experiences and insights on building successful startups in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. With over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, Nucci offers valuable perspectives on navigating the challenges and opportunities in today's tech industry.
Shifting Dynamics in the AI Market
The traditional startup playbook of outpacing larger companies is no longer effective in the AI space. Big tech incumbents are moving surprisingly fast, viewing AI as an existential threat to their market share. This has created a highly competitive environment where startups must find truly defensible intellectual property to stand out.
The incumbents are now moving as fast or almost as fast as startups are and I think everybody's asking themselves what's defensible what is the intellectual property I can build that is defensible that is hard to copy and I don't think anyone knows the answer to that yet right now.