[red-iron-pine]

always have been, mate.

the nonconformist iconoclast disruptor meme is because that's what the market wanted to see, and most founders wanted that money.

now the luster is gone, and there is no need to put on a black turtleneck and pretend you're revolutionizing the world. now you need to hype your AI strategy and sound confident that you have some idea how that will play out.