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Denis believes that the FDE (forward deployed engineer) model essentially increases customers' switching costs, and that as model capabilities improve, highly customized solutions will become worse.
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10/25/2026
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Is a Million-Dollar SaaS Not Enough? Startup Logic Has Changed in the AI Era
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