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Mithun Kumar
Helping Founders Ship SaaS Faster | Growth & Product-Led Software Engineer
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October 8, 2025
I tested 5 AI sh*t products this week… and 3 of them were literally the same thing with a different logo. One had a “custom AI model” that was just GPT 4o. Another forgot to hide their OpenAI API key (I wish I was kidding). And one had a pricing page that looked like it was copied from a competitor… Pathetic literally... Everyone’s building wrappers… But no one’s building value. The real challenge isn’t the AI model. It’s the distribution, the data, and the differentiation. If your startup dies the moment OpenAI adds your feature… You didn’t build a product… you built a temporary shortcut 🤦‍♂️
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Praveen Singh V
Founder | PM, AI, Sales & Strategy | Scaling to $10B | Author | Founder of Liquicent, NEO, FOF & 1000Founders
1 month ago
Hey Mitun, wold like stop the sub for Commentify
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Ayush Mahapatra
Making Coaches Seen, Heard & Remembered | Human-Centered Branding & Relationship-Led Growth | Founder @Prosperra
2 months ago
People chase features instead of solving real problems The real moat isn’t the model, It’s understanding users and delivering value they can’t ignore
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Kuldip Parmar
System that turn signals into clients | Clay-BitScale
2 months ago
That's very true Mithun Kumar. While every tool has place in the market. It's the value that those tool provides, which decided. Whether your market place is in Dumpyard or in consumer's mind. It's always about the value then the tools stack & prices. What do you say Mithun Kumar