Man, AI’s like this massive beast sprinting ahead, right? But there are folks waving red flags about just blindly hopping on the hype train — Builder.ai’s got a story here. It’s like everyone’s throwing money at AI, NVIDIA, raking in dough, hitting $3 trillion! Then you’ve got these slick-talking companies pulling a fast one on investors with some whiz-bang AI claim, like our pals at Builder.ai. They’re all about making apps, supposedly with AI magic, but there’s this crazy twist.
So, yeah — turns out Natasha, this “AI” they touted, was really a bunch of Indian coders, around 700! Picture it: you’re thinking “robots!” but it’s a bustling office in Bangalore. Anyway, Microsoft chucked $445 mil at it, thinking it’s the future — quick apps! — only for it to fizzle.
There’s this tweet, hilarious but kinda cringe: “Natasha was 700 Indian programmers.” Like, what? These guys hoodwinked everyone with shiny presentations and jazzed-up demos, painting Natasha as the next big AI leap. Behind the curtain though? Just hardworking engineers tuning pre-made templates.
Now Builder.ai’s in hot water, with investigations all over. Bankrupt. Total bust. But hey, doesn’t mean AI’s all smoke and mirrors. It’s a cautionary tale about hype — a reminder that glitz doesn’t always mean gold, even with Microsoft backing it. Lessons, right?
