[TechBro8615]

This is what a16z does. A few years ago it was the "Modern Data Stack" and a few years before that it was "DevOps." For some reason, venture capitalists really like making these fancy charts to describe the obvious, and then mostly ignoring them during their investment decisions (or sometimes they make the investments, then they make the charts and put their portfolio companies in the boxes).

[im_down_w_otp]

To protect their downside risk by seeding the broader marketplace with a narrative which later stage investors and acquirers will be influenced by in making decisions to invest or acquire.

[TechBro8615]

The greater fool theory?

[im_down_w_otp]

At this point I don’t think it’s fair to call it a theory.