data moat

also referred to as: data moats

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 26, 2019 by Mike Vernal · across every show →

Everything said about data moat, oldest first

Aug 26, 2019 positive
Insight
Vernal: Workflow stickiness creates a stronger moat than data volume
“The mode to me is not really based on the data and the labels. It's more based on, well, now we have some specialty function. Let's say it's like radiology or dermatology, and you're labeling medical images, and now they have been trained to use our software f…”
Mike Vernal Aug 26, 2019 ▶ 20:09 20VC: Sequoia's Mike Vernal on His Biggest Lessons From 8 Years of Hyper-Growth at Facebook, Why The Strength of Data Moats Is Over-Rated Today and The Challenge of "Overthinking Investments" In Venture
Aug 26, 2019 negative
Insight
Vernal: AI data moats are overrated due to rapidly declining data requirements
“I personally am pretty skeptical. The reason is multifold. One is, I just think The technology and the research here is evolving so quickly that I think the number of data points you need to train a model is decreasing at, you know, some fixed efficiency level…”
Mike Vernal Aug 26, 2019 ▶ 19:13 20VC: Sequoia's Mike Vernal on His Biggest Lessons From 8 Years of Hyper-Growth at Facebook, Why The Strength of Data Moats Is Over-Rated Today and The Challenge of "Overthinking Investments" In Venture
Apr 28, 2023 negative
Insight
Guo: Incumbent data moats are overrated against creative founders
“Much ado has been made about this idea of like a data moat. I'm sure you've heard this term, but honestly, there's a lot of data out there and entrepreneurs are incredibly creative about collecting it and increasingly about generating it.”
Sarah Guo Apr 28, 2023 ▶ 24:04 Sarah Guo: On Her New $101M Fund; How AI Impacts Inequality; AI Startups vs Incumbents | E1007 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 2, 2023 negative
Opinion
Guo: Incumbent data moats are overblown in the AI race
“Much ado has been made about this idea of a data moat, but honestly, there's a lot of data out there, and entrepreneurs are incredibly creative about collecting it, and increasingly about generating it, and I don't think it's, ah, the incumbents are gonna win …”
Sarah Guo Jun 2, 2023 ▶ 20:52 20VC: Who Wins the AI Race; Startups or Incumbents & Does Having Proprietary Data Really Matter For Startups Today?
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