Seven Powers in the AI Era is a 10-part strategy series on how Hamilton Helmer's Seven Powers change when AI compresses capability, weakens shallow moats, and makes operating discipline more important.

Read the series in order

  1. Seven Powers in the AI Era
  2. Scale Economies: When AI Makes Size Matter Less, Then More
  3. Network Economies: Workflow Networks Beat User Counts
  4. Counter-Positioning: The AI Move Incumbents Cannot Copy Cheaply
  5. Switching Costs: Workflow Lock-In Is Not the Same as User Pain
  6. Branding and Trust: When Everyone Claims Intelligence
  7. Cornered Resource: Scarcity Still Matters, But It Moved
  8. Process Power: The Moat Hiding in How the Work Gets Done
  9. Fake Moats AI Will Expose
  10. A Practical AI Power Audit

Start with Seven Powers in the AI Era. For the diagnostic, jump to A Practical AI Power Audit.