Supersonic startup mocked for pivoting its 'nonexistent plane' into AI data centers
giffmana · x · 2026-10-10
A widely shared sarcastic post mocks a supersonic aircraft startup for pivoting from building 'nonexistent engines for nonexistent planes' to AI data centers: 'The haters said pivoting the grift to AI data centers couldn't be done. And the haters were right.' The exchange captures growing skepticism toward companies jumping on the AI compute bandwagon with vaporware narratives.
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