[nikanj]

And just like blockchain, the reason it gets forced into every field is VCs.

"We are going to challenge existing players in $market" gets you nothing, "We are going to disrupt $market with blockchain/ML" gets you a eight-digit seed round.

[hodgesrm]

You don’t have to take the money, or at least take it on those terms. Entrepreneurs have agency. They should exercise it.

[pharmakom]

most common strategy (I think) is to raise with a vague ML promise but execute using whatever makes the most sense in practice