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World Congress 2026 North America • Sep 26, 2026 • Session details

Moats, Margins & M&A in the AI Era

Ravi Belani , Ashish Aggarwal , Becky Flint , Dr. Yvonne Lutsch

Superficial AI wrappers are dead. In the post-SaaS era, true defensibility requires sacrificing short-term margins to build proprietary data flywheels and capture complete workflow ownership.

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