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The Great Flattening
Falling intelligence costs are enabling a 'Great Flattening' where small teams can build and ship complex software without traditional scaling friction.
What: The bottleneck for startups has shifted from technical execution ('can we build it?') to product strategy ('what should we build?'). AI-augmented engineers are managing larger token spends to ship code at rates previously impossible for small teams.
Why it matters: The cost-efficiency of AI allows startups to iterate through a high volume of ideas rapidly, favoring 'thin' organizations where the direct path from customer request to code is prioritized over organizational hierarchy.
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The Great Flattening
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