"You could imagine somebody creating one of these viral-type apps, or social media platforms, or confession platforms, solely just to gather data."
#TaylorLorenz, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-dTz5FsXA
Easily. I mean, this is the standard business justification for creating an online service, and has been well over a decade.
Remember Cambridge Analytica weren't doing anything fringe. That was Business-As-Usual for FarceBook data use.
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Wrote a thing about how AI tech currently has no path to create lasting value: https://www.ecosystemsandentrepreneurs.com/blog/2025/6/18/there-is-no-path-to-value-for-ai-tech-right-now
Anyone who's worked in VC-backed startups consistently will recognize the cycle a majority of Big Tech and AI startups have bought into.
Their go-to is all the same: if what we're doing isn't working, we need a new narrative.
You start thinking your "market" is the mind-share of other people people running the same game as you, instead of customers.
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Over 100 VCs, investors voice solidarity with Silicon Valley Bank
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