
In 2023 and 2024 we drowned in blather about how tech companies were going to create an AI model so big it would annihilate and/or save humanity. In 2025, the volume got turned down on “AGI,” and the apocalyptic hype transformed into unbelievable amounts of money. Some of that money concentrated in the personal ledgers of AI startup founders, who discovered they were the proud owners of stakes worth ten-figure amounts.
According to Forbes, this happened more than 50 times in 2025….

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