Raising a Big Seed Round and Hiring 12 Before Having a Product Is Crazy, Founder Says
tkexpress11 · x · 2026-09-16
Founder tkexpress11 calls out the current AI fundraising climate: raising a big seed round and hiring 12 people before shipping any product strikes him as crazy — "especially with AGI" as the pitch. The quip captures growing skepticism toward the hire-first, build-later mentality of the AGI funding boom.
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