platform risk

Platform risk made real. The answer is neither panic nor dismissal: work out which customers are actually at risk, double down on what the provider cannot easily do, and reduce dependence where it matters.

Generous terms now, constraints later. The interviewer wants the value of the offer weighed against the cost of losing optionality, and a counter-proposal that keeps the benefits without the trap.

A principal-level strategy question for a company whose discovery layer could be disrupted by AI assistants. The answer must cover defence, offence, operations and platform risk, with sequencing and measures.

The assistant owns the user, the ranking and the payment rules. Ship a narrow app for discovery, keep the account and core workflow on surfaces you own, and measure incremental conversions with a holdout.