moat
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Without a competitive moat, the darlings of today’s AI boom could be headed for a serious contraction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Up until now, the primary moat for OpenAI and Anthropic was simple: By comparison, their competitors’ products weren’t very good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“When you become the biggest stock in the world, there’s a target on your back from people trying to chip away at your moat, and I think that’s part of what we’re seeing.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
"This gives them profitability that helps to produce a moat between them and smaller firms" who cannot maintain the same level of spending and research investment, he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
There were only some decreasing ripples on the surface of the moat.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
Now that “good enough”—and sometimes even “pretty amazing”—AI is available to iPhone users and Fortune 500 chief information officers alike, these companies will have to find new moats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Arya expects that Nvidia’s earnings report in August will show investors that the company still has “its moats in products, pricing and supply chain,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Importantly, Musk has succeeded in building SpaceX into a unique business that has deep competitive moats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
VanEck CEO Jan Van Eck argues the memory-chip stocks don’t have competitive moats, and notes their profit explosion is driven by temporary pricing power over sales volumes.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
I ate breakfast cheerily, watching the dust moats stirring in the sunlight that streamed in the back window.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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