Definition
Distribution Moat
A competitive advantage built around the ability to reach customers, not the product itself. Increasingly critical as AI commoditizes building.
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A defensible, founder-embedded channel — audience, network, community, or industry relationships — that cannot be replicated by a competitor building a similar product. Unlike code, it cannot be cloned overnight.
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