The Waitlist Is Doing More Marketing Work Than Product Work
AI product waitlists create a sense of scarcity and demand that often outlasts any genuine capacity constraint behind them.
AI product waitlists create a sense of scarcity and demand that often outlasts any genuine capacity constraint behind them.
Self-reported user counts dominate AI company coverage. Almost none of them are independently auditable, and that's rarely mentioned.
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Many high-profile AI policy announcements are voluntary industry commitments, not enforceable law. Coverage often blurs the two.
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Whether an acquired AI company's product roadmap gets folded into the acquirer's or run independently predicts a lot about what…
A large, quickly-closed round often comes with governance and control concessions that get far less attention than the valuation headline.
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Whether an AI infrastructure deal is exclusive or one of several similar arrangements changes what the headline number actually means.
Whether a new AI feature ships as opt-in or default-on says more about its long-term survival than the launch announcement's…