Turbopuffer reached $100M in ARR with about 50 people by cutting customers' search costs 95% and growing on customer cash instead of mega-rounds. In a 2026 market minting more than one unicorn a day, we use a Graham-Buffett lens to test whether that moat is real.


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Chapters

(0:00) The Sane Asylum

(3:04) True Margin of Safety

(4:05) Hyper-Efficiency by the Numbers

(6:49) Talent Density Moat

(8:13) Extreme Customer Obsession

(9:46) Capital Allocation & Cap Table

(16:52) True Margin of Safety

(17:57) Talent Density Moat

(18:36) Extreme Customer Obsession

(19:40) True Margin of Safety

(21:58) Get the apps


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