🎙️ podcast Analysis December 03, 2025 a16z Podcast by Andreessen Horowitz

The Goldilocks Zone Paradox: Why Boring Software Becomes Trillion-Dollar Moats

Vertical Software AI Infrastructure Business Process Outsourcing
Tickers
2 Picks
Conviction HIGH
Risk Profile 2.9/10 (MODERATE RISK)
Horizon 18-36 months

Executive Summary

Three a16z General Partners just revealed why 19 out of 20 AI startups will die—and why the survivor might charge $20,000 for what used to cost $20. The counterintuitive reality: the same force creating infinite competition is also creating trillion-dollar opportunities in places nobody's looking. David Haber and Alex Rampell's 'janitorial services paradox' explains why the most boring software becomes most defensible. While everyone obsesses over OpenAI competing with sexy applications, the rea...

Key Investment Opportunity

The Spatial Computing Infrastructure Play

Unity operates in the perfect Goldilocks zone identified by a16z partners—too specialized for OpenAI to build, too critical for the spatial intelligence future to ignore. As AI evolves from text to 3D environments, Unity's development platform becomes essential infrastructure. The company generates ...

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