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vincentalbouytoday at 4:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

Fair question.

If we were just a ChatGPT wrapper with a Booking API, we’d be already dead.

Our value isn’t the interface it’s the supply. We have direct relationships with hotels that log in daily to quote, adjust pricing, negotiate, and close deals. That’s not something you get with an API key.

You can vibe-code an Airbnb clone in an afternoon. Without supply, contracts, and operational execution, it’s useless. Marketplace take time to build network effect

LLMs can display data. They can’t negotiate, contract, invoice, manage edge cases, or execute group bookings end-to-end.

We’ll distribute via all major LLMs. But the defensibility is in our network and operations and date, not the UI that everyone could replicate


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malfisttoday at 4:28 PM

It's not a human response, it's an AI

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philipwhiuktoday at 4:38 PM

The risk isn't "anyone", it's Tripadvisor or Trivago.