How Many “AI Startups” Can One Morning Handle? (Apparently... Unlimited.)

Because not every “AI revolution” is actually... revolutionary.

Glenda Carnate
November 14, 2025

Read time: 2.5 minutes

If every conversation you’ve had today included the word AI, welcome to the new normal.

You walk into a morning meeting. Before your coffee even cools, another founder proudly announces,
“We’re building an AI startup.”

You smile politely. You’ve already heard this 39 times today, but sure... this one might be different, right?

Rick Astley whispers in your brain: Never gonna let you down… Just gonna pretend it’s the first AI startup you’ve heard about today.

And you nod along like you haven’t already lived this scene on repeat.

1. Ask what model they’re using.
If the answer is “ChatGPT,” that’s not a strategy... it’s an API call.

2. Look for proprietary data.
Real AI advantage = unique datasets, not generic prompts.

3. Check for a real use case.
AI should solve something, not decorate a pitch deck.

4. Evaluate scalability.
If the entire product breaks when the model updates… red flag.

5. Ask what happens without AI.
Great products work even when the buzzword disappears.

AI isn’t the revolution, but how you use it is.

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