Too Many AI Startups Sell Picks and Shovels, Not Enough Mine the Gold
andreisavu · x · 2026-10-24
Gokul Rajaram shared and endorsed an observation: "Too many AI startups are selling picks and shovels. Not enough are actually mining the gold"—pointing to a structural imbalance where tooling dominates over value-creating applications.
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