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The AI Boom Has a 40% Kill Rate. Here's What Disappeared With the Dead Startups.
3,800 AI startups shut down in 2025, another 1,800 folded in early 2026. The real cost isn't the company count — it's the interoperability layer that vanished with them.
$700 Billion Built the Wrong Machines: Inference Compute Is the Real AI War Now
Training AI costs billions once. Running it costs billions every day. The industry spent on the wrong side.