Parr: Tech incumbents, not startups, will capture most AI value creation
Sam Parr · The Simplest Way To Make $1,000,000 Isn't Starting A Business (it's working in one of these 10) · Mar 11, 2026 · at 44:51
Sam Parr explains his multi-year investment thesis regarding whether AI will benefit incumbent software platforms or disruptor startups.
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“The vast majority of value creation is going to be by big companies just getting bigger. I just think that it's much easier for Salesforce to get more efficient and launch new features than it is a new company, or at least picking those new companies very hard, but like picking a company that works already and it's going to get just a little bit better. It just, it makes so much more money.”
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