Part 09Habit is not a moat
Oguz Erkan calls its position unshakable because “a hotel can’t find a distribution channel as big and strong as Booking; there is none.”
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Oguz Erkan
Oguz Erkan appears in Part 3, Part 5, Part 9 of The Buildout. Part 3: The Machines Will Work. The Debt Might Not.; Part 5: OpenAI and Anthropic Are Not the Same Business; Part 9: Habit Was the Moat. Agents Are Draining It.. Argued in Part 3 (The borrowing is rational), Part 3 (Voices that cross sides), Part 9 (Not every habit).
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- 61%-70%Booking in AI recommendationsOguz Erkan, September 2026 · Part 09
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Part 09 · Not every habitSep 13, 2026
Booking's competitive position in its core market is currently unshakable because its global, differentiated network reinforces supply-side lock-in, which in turn reinforces demand growth; a dissatisfied hotel cannot find a distribution channel as…
Habit Was the Moat. Agents Are Draining It. Who is on each side Source
Part 09 · Not every habitSep 13, 2026
Google Search is declining but the decline is concentrated in informational rather than transactional queries; citing Ahrefs and Pew, the creator says transactional-intent query share grew from 24.7% in 2025 to 26.4% in 2026, and Booking gets…
Habit Was the Moat. Agents Are Draining It. Who is on each side Source
Part 03 · The borrowing is rationalAug 6, 2026
Rental prices for six-year-old A100 GPUs are up more than 20 percent year-to-date, a direct read on AI model providers' willingness to pay and, by extension, end-customer demand.
The Machines Will Work. The Debt Might Not. Who is on each side Source
Part 03 · Voices that cross sides
His own tripwire: hyperscaler free cash flow may go negative in 2027; leverage on speculative returns repels.
The Machines Will Work. The Debt Might Not. Who is on each side Source
In The Buildout
Where Oguz Erkan appears.
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Part 05A premium still holds
Oguz Erkan offered a test before the outcome: if laboratories trying to take share had to raise prices, demand was structurally strong.
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Not the Same BusinessPart 03Demand has teeth
Oguz Erkan’s framework, It’s Time To Be Bullish On Compute, Again, treats the AI trade as a reflexive loop that has survived a test.
The Machines Will Work. The Debt Might Not.
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576 claims and 46 texts mention Oguz Erkan, as of Oct 8, 2026. A count of attention, not a judgment.
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