Picture two founders. Both have access to the same AI stack, same LLMs, same automation tools. Yet, one consistently disrupts industries, while the other churns out competent—but forgettable—products. What gives?
The future of entrepreneurship won’t reward the fastest builder; it’ll reward those who see what others miss. As AI commoditizes skills and automates execution, the bottleneck shifts from building to truly original thinking: reframing problems, finding non-obvious opportunities, and deploying second-order logic. When everyone has the power to launch, what matters is the clarity of your vision, not your speed on the assembly line.
This shift isn’t theoretical. We’re already seeing it—companies using AI to punch above their weight are the ones challenging assumptions, not just moving faster. In a post-AGI world, advantage flows to the abstract: the overlooked insight, the artful question, the ability to connect dots no machine (or competitor) has yet noticed. The arena is changing: are you training your mind for abstraction, not just productivity?
Takeaway: The next edge won’t be found in doing more, or doing faster—it’ll come from seeing differently. When AI levels the field, how will you reframe the game?