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This is specific to a narrow band of industry:

> these are the firms that spend on multiple models and use the most advanced and productivity-enhancing products available (coding agents and APIs as opposed to simple chat subscriptions)

> who funded you is a better predictor of AI adoption than the sector you’re in

My bet is that these companies are either:

1. In the business of trying to automate other jobs. The number of startups in this space is stupefying, so I'm sure more established companies with VC cash want a slice.

2. Leveraging AI to accelerate growth as much as possible because that's their mandate.

What's scary is that hiring across the rest of adopters (most employment) has remained stagnant. So what happens during the next recession?

[Tarq0n]

Or it's self-dealing from these funding parties, and the hiring is business continuing as usual.

My understanding is that one of the advantages of being VC funded is that sales among sister companies become easier, sometimes going as far as the VC influencing purchasing on your behalf.