fair point, i stand corrected on comfyui. though id argue it proves the thesis even more, it built its moat as open-source first and the funding came after. the community and trust were already there. nobody invested in comfyui because it had a paywall, they invested because it had adoption
>ComfyUI [...] none are VC-backed SaaS
https://blog.comfy.org/p/comfy-raises-17m-funding
"with $17 million in funding from world-class investors such as Pace Capital, Chemistry, Abstract Ventures and many others"
fair point, i stand corrected on comfyui. though id argue it proves the thesis even more, it built its moat as open-source first and the funding came after. the community and trust were already there. nobody invested in comfyui because it had a paywall, they invested because it had adoption