[lukas099]

> most startups and tech darlings survive only by continuous infusion of unlimited investor money.

Investors making long bets is a good thing, I’d argue.

[troupo]

The bets are invariably: sell to the highest bidder, exit through inflated IPO and/or speculative "market capitalization".

There are a few outliers like "let's subsidize this price dumping until all competitors are dead and then we recoup money by being a de facto monopoly"