WTF is a Software Moat in 2026? - Freestyle Friday (4/24/2026)

APR 24, 202617 MIN
The Joe Reis Show

WTF is a Software Moat in 2026? - Freestyle Friday (4/24/2026)

APR 24, 202617 MIN

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<p>AI has completely inverted how we build and scale software, which begs the question: What exactly is a moat anymore? In this Freestyle Friday, recovering from jet lag and hiking through the beautiful hills of Salt Lake City, I’m breaking down a recent conversation with a VC friend about defensibility in the era of coding agents. I also look at this through Charlie Munger’s lens of &quot;inversion&quot; to figure out what isn&#39;t a moat anymore (spoiler: thin foundation model wrappers, &quot;AI&quot;, and feature velocity are dead).I also dive into what is defensible today, from mission-critical systems of record like DuckDB and Postgres, to personal branding, to shifting SaaS pricing from per-seat to per-token.</p>