The 'fast follower' advantage may be more valuable than first-mover advantage in AI development; historical examples like Meta's rapid adoption of Stories (copied from Snapchat) and WhatsApp (acquired as a follower product) suggest that being second is often a more profitable position than being first.
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Greg AllenEvidence Quote
“there is this phenomenon where fast follower um is a pretty good competitive position...meta for example right they stopped inventing new stuff at meta um at least in the social media Paradigm a long time ago and sort of waited for some other company to try out a feature like stories”
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Week 1 of the Trump administration, AGI timelines, and DeepSeek— Center for Strategic & International StudiesCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:43:26 AM
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