'Disrupted or dead': AI is crushing a generation of startups built before ChatGPT
NOBODY TALKING: Everyone is focused on funding winners. Nobody is talking about the $250B in capital that just killed an entire generation of AI startups.
Why it matters
The AI funding boom is creating a stark bifurcation in the market: capital is consolidating around a few mega-players (OpenAI, Anthropic), while hundreds of pre-ChatGPT startups face existential pressure. This is a critical pattern for founders and investors to understand—timing and positioning relative to the LLM shift determines survival.
The key facts
5 to know$250B+ funneled into OpenAI and Anthropic
Hundreds of pre-ChatGPT startups stranded
ChatGPT arrival in Nov 2022 as inflection point
AI funding boom concentration creating market bifurcation
Pre-ChatGPT startup models disrupted by generalist LLMs
Go to the source
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Publisher excerpt: The AI boom that has funneled more than $250 billion into OpenAI and Anthropic has left hundreds of startups built before ChatGPT's arrival in 2022 stranded.