{"url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/10/ai-is-just-like-spellcheck-every-text-box-on-the-planet-is", "author": {"handle": "brendancodykenny", "name": "Brendan Cody-Kenny", "headline": "Technical Due Diligence for Software M&A", "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny"}, "post": {"id": 10, "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/10/ai-is-just-like-spellcheck-every-text-box-on-the-planet-is", "kind": "update", "summary": "AI is just like spellcheck. Every text box on the planet is getting it.", "details": ["Nobody built a moat out of spellcheck. Spellcheck went from novelty to table stakes to invisible.", "A rising tide lifts all boats and all moats. Everyone stays where they were relative to each other, and they have all paid for a new tool.", "Quick learners win short term, same as every tool wave. Medium term it evens out, and in diligence the output shows how a team uses it."], "links": [], "tags": ["ai", "due-diligence"], "happened_on": "2026-07-08", "created": "2026-09-27T13:15:40.487042Z", "edited": "2026-09-27T13:58:43.247780Z"}}