The prompt
Act as a skeptical market analyst preparing a competitive landscape for an investment committee. Context: - My product and wedge: [describe] - Customer: [describe] - Competitors I know of: [list] Tasks: 1. Map the landscape in four layers: (a) doing nothing or the current workaround, (b) incumbents and platforms that could add this as a feature, (c) direct startups, (d) adjacent players who could move in. 2. For each layer, explain why a customer might choose it over me. Be specific; assume my competitors are smart. 3. Identify which differentiators are durable (data, distribution, workflow embedding, regulatory position, network effects) and which are temporary (features, UI, price). 4. Name the competitor I should fear most and why. 5. If you lack current information about specific companies, say so and tell me what to look up rather than guessing. Output: a landscape table, a short paragraph on my most defensible position, and 3 questions I should be able to answer before any investor meeting.
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