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		zkmon on April 12, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is winning on every AI front People left, to do what kind of startups? Can't think of any business idea that won't get outdated, or overrun in months.

donny2018 on April 12, 2025 [–]

AI startups were easy cash grabs until very recently. But I think the wave is settling down - doing real AI startup turned out to be VERY hard, and the rest of the "startups" are mostly just wrappers for OpenAI/Anthropic APIs.

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