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Essay argues the harness is the company in AI startups

Original: The Harness Is the Company Article URL: https:// blog.sshh.io/p/the-harness-is- the-company Comments URL: https:// news.

A new essay by sshh.io, 'The Harness Is the Company', argues that in AI startups the surrounding scaffolding — prompts, guardrails, orchestration and tooling built around models — constitutes the real company, not the underlying model. The piece drew attention on Hacker News, where early readers are debating whether thin wrappers around foundation models can sustain durable businesses.

Why now: The essay taps an ongoing debate about whether AI startup value lies in model wrappers or the models themselves.

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• The Harness Is the Company Article URL: https:// blog.sshh.io/p/the-harness-is- the-company Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9938616 Points: 7 # Comments: 0 https:// blog.sshh.io/p/the-harness-is- the-company # Tech # Technology # TechNews # AI # Gadgets #… · techwire@gamefan.net · 3

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