This week, 20VC examined the structural shifts reshaping AI's business layer, from Anthropic's IPO filing and Cognition's billion-dollar raise to harder conversations about unit economics and defensibility. A recurring tension emerged: while capital continues flowing into AI application companies, operators are increasingly questioning whether token-heavy strategies actually translate to sustainable products or merely mask rising infrastructure costs. The week's episodes suggest the industry is moving past hype toward a reckoning on what defensibility means when the model itself is the only real moat.
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