> if they could recreate the entire thing with the same tool
"Within one year" is the key part. The product is only part of the equation.
If a startup was launched one year ago and is worth $1B today, there is no way you can launch the same startup today and achieve the same market cap in 1 day. You still need customers, which takes time. There are also IP related issues.
Facebook had the resources to create an exact copy of Instagram, or WhatsApp, but they didn't. Instead, they paid billions of dollars to acquire those companies.
Comment I'm replying to poses the following scenario:
"If you could just ask GPT to create a startup that'll be guaranteed to be worth $1B on a $1k investment within one year"
I think if the situation is that I do this by just asking it to make a startup, it seems unlikely that no one else would be aware that they could just ask it to make a startup
The interesting point as well to me though, is that if it could create a startup that was worth $1B, that startup wouldn't be worth $1B.
Why would anyone pay that much to invest in the startup if they could recreate the entire thing with the same tool that everyone would have access to?