Vishria: Tech incumbents are too paranoid and alert to be easily disrupted in AI
Eric Vishria · Eric Vishria: Where is the Value in AI - Chips, Models or Apps? | E1206 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Sep 25, 2024 · at 21:54
Eric Vishria is a General Partner at Benchmark. He discusses whether AI startups can beat existing tech giants like Microsoft and Nuance given their distribution moats and high awareness of AI trends.
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“Today's incumbents are and you know, this is a trope and not really an insight. Everyone's saying the same thing, but today's incumbents are paranoid and on top of things and like, you know, like is, is Microsoft and Nuance gonna move slower and whatever than your average AI medical scribe company? Of course, but like, but they're not dopes and they don't have their head in the sand.”
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