software incumbents
4 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 15, 2023 by Des Traynor · across every show →
Everything said about software incumbents, oldest first
Nov 15, 2023
Traynor: Startups only displace incumbents if products need a complete rebuild
“If you were to rebuild it today and you'd build none of what's there and everything would look totally different, then yeah, like it's go time, right? If you actually wish you could borrow all their servers and their sender reputation and all that sort of shit…”
Nov 15, 2023 bearish
Feb 2, 2026 bullish
Zeev: Predictions that AI will kill software incumbents are provocative BS
“So the bottom line is, I think this notion that all the incumbents are going to die, you know, this notion that is being promoted by some People who I think whose main motivation is to make provocative statements, you know and get attention as thought leaders …”