Legacy software must burn bridges for AI
The case was made that legacy software companies with high valuations but low growth must create a completely new AI-native product, ruthlessly migrating customers, rather than trying to fix the old business.
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REVIVED · 44 MENTIONS · 33 EPISODES · 17 SHOWS
12 SEP 2025 — 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
19 SUPPORT · 4 CHALLENGE · 4 UPDATE · 2 REPEAT · 15 MENTIONED
- THE BUSINESS BREW
9 EPISODES BETWEEN · 11 MENTIONS
- THE BUSINESS BREW
- THE TIM FERRISS SHOW
- THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
- THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST
- THE MEB FABER SHOW
- YET ANOTHER VALUE PODCAST · 3 MENTIONS
- THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC · 6 MENTIONS
- Fintech's strong moat from moving money
- Data and workflow moats for software defensibility
- Eight-moat framework for durable software
- Legacy software must burn bridges for AI · THIS IDEA
- Brand is no longer a strong moat
- Salesforce must commoditize its complement
16 EPISODES BETWEEN · 20 MENTIONS
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST
- ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
- THE POMP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC · 2 MENTIONS
- THE BUSINESS BREW · 2 MENTIONS
- THE POMP PODCAST
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS
- ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
- EXCESS RETURNS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- A16Z PODCAST
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
- A16Z PODCAST
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC · 2 MENTIONS
- ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
- BANKLESS
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- EXCESS RETURNS
- A16Z PODCAST
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
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