tech

April 12, 2026

Most of What You're Building Will Be Replaced by a Better Model. Here Are the Five Layers Between You and Irrelevance.

If your name isn’t Anthropic or OpenAI or Google, you have a problem. You need to find a space to build in where a better model won’t just erase everything you’ve made. That problem isn’t hypothetical. It’s happening right now to a dozen companies worth billions of dollars.

Most of What You're Building Will Be Replaced by a Better Model. Here Are the Five Layers Between You and Irrelevance.

TL;DR

  • The AI app builder category is collapsing, with many companies being easily replaced by better foundational models.
  • Durable value on the internet will come from five areas AI cannot structurally provide on its own: trust, context, distribution, taste, and liability.
  • Companies like Replit, Vercel, and Notion are distinguished from 'wrapper companies' by their ability to build on these durable layers.
  • The future web will organize around these five essential layers, impacting how new products and services are built.
  • The article offers prompts for positioning oneself within these verticals and testing 'agent-readiness'.

Continue reading the original article

Made withNostr