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From 2015, it’s uBeam — never mind reality, here’s the VCs (pivot-to-ai.com)

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your Pivot to AI holiday special!

for the old guard sneers - a quote from our old comrade su3su2u1, who was also after these fuckers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYBhsDkv1v8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251231-ubeam-from-2015-never-mind-reality-heres-the-vcs - podcast

time: 10 min 15 sec

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[–] scruiser@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago

Don't forget the implicit (or sometimes even explicit) threat of replacing their workers and how that improves their bargaining position (at least temporarily).