The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it
THE SO WHAT
The miss pattern here is less about models and more about distribution and durability—projects from Apple to OpenAI are failing when they can’t sustain user behavior or internal priority. If you’re building on AI, treat go-to-market, UX, and runway as hard constraints, not afterthoughts around a flashy demo.
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