AI startup sentiment: "Like flies to wanton boys we are to the frontier labs"
silver__tsuki · x · 2026-08-28
An AI startup founder shared the feeling of building in AI, quoting Shakespeare to describe the dynamic: startups are like flies to frontier labs, who kill them for their sport. It highlights the vulnerability of startups in the shadow of major model labs.
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