VCs get mocked for preferring compute burn over profitable bootstraps
mattturck · x · 2026-07-24
VCs are mocked as preferring founders who burn huge amounts of money on compute, while profitable bootstrapped businesses get the cold shoulder.
The joke frames a common AI startup tension: investors may favor big-spend, frontier-style companies over cash-generating businesses that are already working.
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