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26 Craters AI Blew Open — Greg Isenberg's Startup Opportunity Map
Greg Isenberg dropped 26 startup directions for the AI era in one shot. From agents needing credit cards, to AI output overwhelming human judgment, to an entire burnout economy — every single one points at a market crack that's splitting open right now.
Your 'AI-First' Is Probably Fake: How a 25-Person Agent Company Tore Down and Rebuilt Its Engineering Pipeline
A 25-person agent platform tore down its engineering pipeline and rebuilt it around one idea: agents are the primary builders. Result: 3-8 prod deploys a day, bad features killed same-day, six-week cycles now land in hours. Harness engineering, applied.
Two People, $1.8 Billion in Revenue? The Truth and Illusion of AI Unicorn MEDVi
MEDVi reportedly hit $1.8 billion in revenue with just two people, hailed by The New York Times as an AI miracle. But the story isn't that simple—fake doctors, fake photos, and FDA warning letters followed. This isn't just a vibecoding story; it's a lesson in AI-powered illusions of scale.
Model-Market Fit: The Question Every AI Founder Should Ask First — It's Not Whether the Market Wants It, But Whether the Model Can Do It
Nicolas Bustamante's Model-Market Fit asks whether today's AI models can actually do what a market needs before chasing PMF. Legal and coding AI are exploding; finance and drug discovery lag. The benchmark gap explains why.