The same intelligence now costs two different prices, depending on how fast you want it.<\/p>\n
OpenAI, Anthropic and Google will all charge you half if you can wait until tomorrow. Same model. Same answer. The only difference is that nobody is sitting there watching the screen.<\/p>\n
Sail Research raised eighty million dollars to take that further and turn the wait into a dial instead of a switch.<\/p>\n
A Harvard strategy class years ago put this in my head permanently.<\/p>\n
A few Walmart suppliers admitted that none of them made a profit on Walmart order.
\nAll of them were happy to keep supplying anyway.
\nWalmart ordered a year in advance, so the work ran in the weeks their factories would otherwise sit empty.<\/p>\n
A quiet factory earns nothing.
\nA cheap order at least pays the salaries and keeps the forge running.<\/p>\n
Here is where founders are losing money without noticing.<\/p>\n
Most companies pay the urgent price for work nobody is waiting on.
\nThe report that runs overnight.
\nThe documents processed at 2am.
\nThe monthly reconciliation nobody opens until Friday.<\/p>\n
All of it billed as an emergency.<\/p>\n
Software used to keep most of every dollar it earned.
\nAI products are keeping about half.<\/p>\n
Speed has become a cost, not a feature.<\/p>\n
Which part of your business actually needs the answer this second?<\/p>\n
Krishna Lakamsani | Entrepreneur \u00b7 Venture Studio Founder \u00b7 Investor. Writing at the intersection of AI, capital, and the future of work.#MyLifeLessons #Reflections #InspireFounders #BuildInPublic #AiImpact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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