How to Raise a Seed Round in 2026: Ask Jason | E2294

People in our secret group chat have questions for me. Some might be spicy. What do you think founders should be doing to try to sort of give themselves a little bit of moat against open AI? There's always going to be a feature set that the interface of the large language model is not going to add. Out of all the people in Silicon Valley, who's the one person you really don't like?

the most and why. Some people have damaged the reputation of the industry and the user base. And then some people have just maybe screwed over friends of mine. I've been a consistent critic of. Every time he had a chance to do the right thing for humanity, he picked his own self-interest.

It's a level of selfishness in decision making that and cutthroatness that I understand, but I wouldn't do. And I think has damaged the reputation of the tech industry. The two people I'm talking about are two of the most successful people ever in the history of business. This week in startups is brought to you by Northwest Registered Agent.

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