massive oversimplification but a general trend we saw across 170 new products in crypto and AI

crypto: pretty rough (or total non-starter) gtm for a lot of projects, but clearly valuable on the other side

AI: clear line to initial traction but pretty rough (or total non-starter) monetization/moat on the other side

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and yeah this sort of echoes the general vibe you get if you spend a lot of time online in tech, but it also points to the obvious but still useful conclusion:

crypto products will often use AI to get traction, and AI products will often use crypto to build defensibility/value