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Tushar Verma
Advanced application engineering analyst @Accenture l Ex-Full-stack Developer @Automation Agency India |1600+ Leetcode | Freelance Web Developer | AI for Businesses | Qualified Google Codejam
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August 19, 2025
Dhruv Rathee just launched his “AI startup” — and yeah, it's mostly a wrapper. But the reaction? 🔥 Some folks in tech are rolling their eyes. “It's just a wrapper over ChatGPT.” “Not innovative.” “Doesn’t deserve the ‘startup’ label.” Fair critiques — if you’re evaluating it from a purely technical lens. But here’s the thing: Product is no longer the moat. Distribution is. Building an AI product today isn’t hard. Launching one that millions actually see? Very hard. Dhruv dropped a YouTube video — 4 million views in a day. Even if just 0.5% convert, that’s ~20,000 paying users. ₹999 per user = ₹1.99 Cr revenue. In. One. Day. 🤯 Call it a wrapper. Call it a cash grab. But it’s working. Why? Because influence is infrastructure now. Distribution > Differentiation. Curious to hear from folks in product and tech: 👉 Should we still gatekeep what counts as a “real startup”? 👉 Or are we entering a new era where distribution is king, and everything else is just UX? Would love to hear how you’re thinking about this shift.
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August 19, 2025