[ethanwillis]

Unfortunately, in 2026 even shoe companies are "AI companies"

[onemoresoop]

Half a decade ago they were all blockchain companies. Before that I don’t remember, what was the buzzword, big data?

[jordanb]

Extremely briefly: metaverse. But yeah before that big data and SaaS had quite a run.

[saghm]

"Cloud" for a bit too

[Esophagus4]

And before that, dot-com: https://www.forbes.com/2001/01/09/0109zapata.html

Some things will never change

[vrganj]

We will never learn our lesson. Humanity just keeps repeating the same mistakes. Remember Long Island Ice Tea / Blockchain?

[ares623]

A sucker is born everyday

[MarkusQ]

One a day? I think we're up to over 4 a second.

https://worldstats.io/clock