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AI founders fear startups becoming features

9 March 2026 · 35 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 206 blog views

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Every AI founder has the same fear.

One model update… and your startup becomes a feature.

Sequoia has a good article on that.

The next $1T companies probably won’t sell software. They’ll sell the work.

Example.

Company pays:

➡️ $10k accounting software ➡️ $120k accountants

So the real market isn’t the tool. It’s the job.

The future company won’t sell bookkeeping software. It will just say: Your books are closed.

... or copilot vs autopilot

1️⃣ Copilot helps professionals 2️⃣ Autopilot replaces the work

And the second one captures the services budget.

Which is way bigger.

For every $1 on software, about $6 goes to services.

This is the real shift!

AI tools were assistants. Now they’re slowly becoming operators.

The question each builder should ask now:

Are you selling software…

OR

the outcome?

Source: sequoiacap.com/article/servic…

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