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So it turns out that the AI boom introduced a new exit strategy compare to 10 years ago.

Inflection, Adept, Character and many others they all went through founder drain. Big Tech not only acqui-hired, but also paid some royalties or licensing fees to likely keep investors happy.

What's this trend telling you? Why does this approach all of a sudden makes more sense than classic acquisitions?

I'm a FAANG employee and I believe high growth days are over. Layoffs and cost cutting are taking the fun out of these big tech conglomerates, making it not just hard to grow career-wise, but less entertaining too.

It seems that startup growth however is accelerating at much larger pace. Lots of companies got easy money and are hiring. What's the catch? Is this a bubble about to pop? Why aren't FAANG employees switching more aggressively?

I'd like to understand better the real costs of running a startup where custom LLMs are needed (e.g. any of the popular OSS ones, Mixtral or LLaMA)

How much runway do you get in practice with 1M?