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YouTube End Screens
Build viewership with powerful end screens on your videos [Advertising, Streaming Services, Tech]
verified Aug 26, 2026 · HTTP 200
CohortClass of 2016What it is
Build viewership with powerful end screens on your videos [Advertising, Streaming Services, Tech]
HTTP liveness
19 probes since Jun 16Jun 16Aug 26
AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)
Observed events
probes · press · GitHub- Jun 16, 2026First probe — liveAlive · 200 OK
Funding history
1 roundTotal raised
$85.0B
Latest valuation
—
Stage
growth
Growth
Jun 2026
investors undisclosed
$85.0B
Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.
Moat
None apparent
The content emphasizes that common perceived advantages like technology and first mover status are often illusory, and suggests that true competitive advantages are rare and stem from constraints that competitors cannot easily overcome. YouTube's offerings, including End Screens, do not demonstrate a unique or defensible competitive moat based on this perspective.
- webMost founders think they have an unfair advantage; we're first to market, we have better technology, we know the industry inside out, but those do not defend anything. source
- webBeing first only matters if you can build network effects or switching costs quickly, otherwise, you're just educating the market for competitors. source
- webBetter technology decays fast because anything worth copying gets copied, making it a poor long-term advantage. source
- webIndustry knowledge helps understand problems but does not stop competitors from learning and replicating solutions. source
weak · 0.30 confidence · grounded in 4 sources
Website-grounded · Jun 2026
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Pulse Indexobserved activity
19 probes0 pressGitHub –Tranco –
Not enough observed signals for a Pulse Index (needs 2+ signal families).
Cohort survival · Class of 2016weekly
13,657 products launched in 2016 · 100% still active
13,633 active24 sunset
Still active
100%
Median lifespan
4.9y