Why AI Infrastructure Startups Are Insanely Hard to Build
Recently, Adept AI announced they are being acquired by Amazon, and this solidified a somewhat controversial opinion I’ve held for a while - that AI infra startups are a tarpit idea, especially as a “venture-scale” business.The term “tarpit idea” refers to startup ideas that sound reasonable on the surface, but when put to test against reality or rigorous thought, fail to hold up.I believe most AI infra startups will also fall into this category, where AI infra refers to the “building blocks” co...
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