How To Help Your Startup Survive (And Thrive) In The Age of Agentic AI
If almost anyone can spin up a product in a weekend using AI, what actually makes a startup defensible? The old playbook for moats is getting rewritten in real time. That's why you should join us for a conversation between a seed-stage investor who's been on all sides of the startup table and an expert operator who's built and launched multiple startups. We'll dig into what defensibility actually looks like when the cost of building software is collapsing, agents are replacing workflows, and every pitch deck claims an "AI moat."
What We'll Cover:
Why traditional moats are eroding faster than most investors realize (and what to do about it)
How founders should think about building moats in a post-AI era
What investors are really looking for when they evaluate defensibility in AI-native startups
The emerging moat patterns that are quietly separating winners from wrappers
Panelists:
Itamar Novick: Founder at Recursive Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based Pre-Seed fund backing startups building data and AI-driven products. He's backed 50+ startups including Deel, Honeybook, and Placer, and was recognized by Business Insider as a Top 100 global seed investor.
Sid Bharath: Founder of Refound, an AI consultancy helping companies become AI-first. Previously, Sid ran the Venture Studio at Forum Ventures where he incubated multiple AI focused startups..
Moderated by John Gannon, Founder of Venture5, and an investor in the aforementioned venture firms.
Presented by Refound
Refound helps mid-sized companies become AI-native through hands-on audits, implementation, and training, delivering measurable ROI in time saved and revenue generated. We're practitioners first, having built and worked inside some of the biggest AI companies in the world.
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