Cristóbal Valenzuela: AI models are not a competitive moat
Cris Valenzuela · The Ultimate AI Roundtable: What Happens Now in AI, Why Google are Vulnerable | E1085 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Nov 24, 2023 · at 5:34
Cristóbal Valenzuela, CEO of Runway, discusses defensibility in AI on 20VC, arguing that model technology alone is not a long-term advantage.
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“I think models are not a mode. Models eventually don't matter. What matters most is the people building those models, and how fast can you change and learn from those models.”
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