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Nobutake Suzuki
President & Chief Executive Officer
MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd.
Leading strategies of venture investments in and open-innovation with Fintech/AI/Tech startups in MUFG. 25 years experiences as a venture capitalist with broad experience in all aspects of financing, IT and business strategy. Direct experience with Japanese and U.S. banking business.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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1:15–1:50pmWed 18 NovFounders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPOPremium
Capital Rewiring
What Will the Strongest and Weakest Moats Look Like in 2027?
About this session
Rapid advances in foundation models and automated engineering have flattened traditional competitive moats. McKinsey's 2026 State of AI report found nearly a third of enterprises now choose to build functionality in-house with AI agents rather than buy it, the clearest signal that a product-level moat alone no longer holds. Defensibility is consolidating around regulatory licenses, proprietary data integrations, and entrenched distribution. This session challenges investors to evaluate the structural integrity of modern technology moats: which advantages endure, and which are eroding under platform pressure. Source: McKinsey & Company, The State of AI 2026.
