AI founders are optionality-maxxing, and the single-minded builder is vanishing
katieruthmishra · x · 2026-10-25
katieruthmishra spots an inflection in "optionalitymaxxing" across the AI scene: founders seeding side incubators to dabble in investing, founding engineers whispering to competitors to leverage higher-equity offers, and "mentors" advising startups only to carry their secrets to older, more credible entrepreneurs. She laments the loss of the autistic single-mindedness of earlier builders and argues live players must lash a commitment anchor around their necks — or AI's winners will grow up unmoored.
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