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AI App Builder Vendor Lock-In: What Happens When the Platform Disappears

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It uses the Builder.ai collapse (a startup that raised 450 million dollars and still left customers with dead apps) to make the risk concrete rather than theoretical. It splits lock-in into four parts (data, code, integrations, knowledge) and explains why exported code often will not run elsewhere without real work. Read it to size up what a platform failure would actually cost you.

• Your data is legally yours but only retrievable while the platform stays alive.
• Exported code hides assumptions about the platform, so test it on your own infrastructure.
• Wire in direct integrations like Stripe and your own database instead of platform wrappers.