SaaS CEOs about to miss a quarter suddenly discover 'we must pace the frontier'
parker_lyman · x · 2026-09-13
A meme tweet mocking the AI race's 'slow down' rhetoric: whenever a SaaS CEO is about to miss their quarterly numbers, they suddenly start preaching that "we must pace the frontier." The jab: those calling to slow down tend to be incumbents who are already ahead or under earnings pressure, not acting out of genuine safety concerns.
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