Today's cash-rich AI startups can't become zombies — burn is too high
nmasc_ · x · 2026-11-06
Unlike 2021, today's cash-rich AI startups can no longer survive indefinitely as 'zombie' companies. Their burn rates driven by compute spending are too high, meaning the eventual market correction will be louder as a result.
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