Commoditizing Suppliers
Aggregators, by virtue of owning demand, gain power over suppliers which become modularized and commoditized.
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The Moat Map describes the correlation between the degree of supplier differentiation and the externalization (or internalization) of a company’s network effect.
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Ride-sharing is a winner-take-all market that depends on controlling demand more than it does supply.
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Publishers are trying to threaten Google again, apparently unaware that because of the Internet they have no power: that flows to the platforms that control discovery.
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Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI
OpenAI and Nvidia are both under threat from Google; I like OpenAI’s chances best, but they need an advertising model to beat Google as an Aggregator.
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Walmart on ChatGPT, Walmart (and Amazon) Motivations, Spotify Podcasts on Netflix
Walmart joins ChatGPT Instant Checkout; will Amazon be next? Then, Spotify and Netflix form the anti-YouTube alliance.
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An Interview with Booking CEO Glenn Fogel About Travel and Aggregation
An interview with Booking CEO Glenn Fogel about being an aggregator, the power — or not — of network effects, and how AI can finally create the perfect travel agent.
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KPop Demon Hunters, Sony’s Risk, The Netflix Aggregator
KPop Demon Hunters is the hit of the year. Sony missed out, but they didn’t make a mistake; Netflix won the reward by being an Aggregator.
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Cloudflare’s Content Independence Day, Google’s Advantage, Monetizing AI
Cloudflare is unilaterally blocking AI crawlers unless they are willing to pay
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An Interview with Cursor Co-Founder and CEO Michael Truell About Coding With AI
An interview with Cursor founder and CEO Michael Truell about AI coding and capturing the critical point of integration in the AI value chain.
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Airbnb’s New App, Experiences and Services, Chesky’s Founder Mode
Airbnb has a new app with new offerings for experience and services; I’m not sure the economics make sense for either.
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Google Loses Ad Antitrust Case, Market Definitions and Tying, The Trinko Exception
Google lost its ad antitrust case; if the case is upheld, it has important implications for all Aggregators.