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Gilad Berenstein<\/a> explains some important distinctions in the era of AI as the Great Commoditization.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While AI enables significant disruption, it favors incumbents in three major ways: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Flywheel & Lockin effects for AI model Creators<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Industry Leader Lockin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Access to Software (Tech) Distribution<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    At TravelAI, we deeply understand the flywheel and agree with Gilad\u2019s explanation of how a content data loop increases its advantages over time. It\u2019s an unfortunate reality that the largest players in tech have a significant advantage, but it\u2019s still possible for upstarts to compete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Read the full Linkedin article<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Gilad Berenstein explains some important distinctions in the era of AI as the Great Commoditization.\u00a0 While AI enables significant disruption, it favors incumbents in three major ways:  At TravelAI, we deeply understand the flywheel and agree with Gilad\u2019s explanation of how a content data loop increases its advantages over time. It\u2019s an unfortunate reality that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,31],"tags":[71,72],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-ai-contents","category-industry","tag-ai-adoption","tag-ai-innovations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAn Addendum to One of my Least Popular Takes - TravelAI Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gilad Berenstein highlights how AI's commoditization benefits industry leaders, but upstarts can still compete by leveraging content data loops.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelai.com\/insights\/gilad-berenstein-addendum-to-one-of-my-least-popular-takes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Addendum to One of my Least Popular Takes - 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