{"slug": "mike-vernal-says-software-moats-are-dying-and-founders-must-do-it-all", "title": "Mike Vernal Says Software Moats Are Dying And Founders Must Do It All", "summary": "Conviction GP Mike Vernal argues that AI is erasing the switching costs and network effects that traditionally protected software businesses, and that software will split apart like newspapers did. Vernal says founders must therefore do it all themselves rather than relying on defensible moats.", "body_md": "# Mike Vernal Says Software Moats Are Dying And Founders Must Do It All\n\nBy Josipa Majic Predin, ContributorSource: \n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)\nConviction GP Mike Vernal argues AI erases switching costs and network effects. Why he thinks software splits like newspapers and what founders should do.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-vernal-says-software-moats-are-dying-and-founders-must-do-it-all", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/mike-vernal-says-software-moats-are-dying-and-founders-must-ernb", "published_at": "2026-09-20 13:03:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-20 13:24:07.535908+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Mike Vernal", "Conviction", "Forbes"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-vernal-says-software-moats-are-dying-and-founders-must-do-it-all", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-vernal-says-software-moats-are-dying-and-founders-must-do-it-all.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-vernal-says-software-moats-are-dying-and-founders-must-do-it-all.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mike-vernal-says-software-moats-are-dying-and-founders-must-do-it-all.jsonld"}}