Olivier Toubia (Columbia): How to Differentiate Yourself in the AI Era 🎯
Zero to One by Jonathan Yana, Matteo David, Gary Rouch
Episode notes
Most founders using AI today are building the same thing.
Same prompts. Same outputs. Same products.
So the real question isn't "How do I use AI?"
It's "How do I stay differentiated when everyone has access to the same models?"
This week on Zero to One, we sat down with Olivier Toubia, professor at Columbia Business School and a leading researcher on AI, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
💡 Some of the themes we explored:
🎙️ AI increases productivity, not differentiation
🎙️ Your unique context is the moat
🎙️ The bottleneck has shifted to execution and distribution
🎙️ Human judgment matters more than ever
🎙️ AI is a tool, not the strategy
This episode is worth your time if you’re building in AI and trying to figure out what actually creates a MOAT in the ne ...