Momentum is the Safest Moat

If you are at all worried about AI disrupting your business, learn to build momentum. Your ability to execute more reps that your competition is, and always has been, the best moat.The trigger for this post was hearing that Claude Code was built in a weekend. It's probably mildly exaggerated but it led a lot of folks to claim that it's not worth much if its that quick to build.That version, the one the shipped that weekend, probably not.The fact that they kept shipping however, is very valuable.This isn't something specific about Claude Code or the team at Anthropic. Teams that are able to move quickly will win in the long run, as long as they can meet two criteria.That is assuming that they can keep up the speed as they scale, and that they're moving cohesively.Most companies slow as they scale. Most slow down faster than they scale up. Taking the momentum metaphor literally, their momentum goes down. Moving fast as you get bigger is hard. It feels necessary to slow down as you get…