The “Any Given Tuesday” Theory of AI Startups | LinkedIn
If OpenAI shipped your core feature tomorrow, would your company still matter? If the answer is no, then I'm sorry to tell you that you're building a temporary configuration layer, not a sustainable company/business. What do I mean by that? Temporary Configuration Layers are experiments waiting to b
Cool robot on the outside, sad guy named Frank on the inside. If OpenAI shipped your core feature tomorrow, would your company still matter? If the answer is no, then I'm sorry to tell you that you're building a temporary configuration layer, not a sustainable company/business. What do I mean by that? Temporary Configuration Layers are experiments waiting to be absorbed or erased. There are really only two ways to stay afloat in the current AI Startup Ecosystem, barring pure R&D: Try to gain a user/customer base as rapidly as possible and hope that a foundation model/incumbent company buys you
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