Microsoft-backed AI startup Builder.ai files for bankruptcy

A startup backed by Microsoft using human-assisted AI has filed for bankruptcy

"accused the company of hiring 700 engineers in India to pose as Natasha in conversations with clients"

#builderai #artificialintelligence #AI #chatbot #technology #tech

https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-backed-ai-startup-chatbot-human-employees

Microsoft-backed AI startup Builder.AI files for bankruptcy, reports say

Builder.ai recently filed for bankruptcy, according to Bloomberg.

Mashable
The company whose ‘AI’ was actually 700 humans in India

Disaster as Microsoft-backed unicorn implodes.

Information Age

New York Times: How This A.I. Company Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom. This link goes to a gift article. “Two years ago, Fast Company magazine ranked Builder the third most innovative company in A.I., right behind OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind. Last winter, it all went south. Builder’s board discovered that sales had been significantly overstated. The chief executive resigned. […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/02/new-york-times-how-this-a-i-company-collapsed-amid-silicon-valleys-biggest-boom/

New York Times: How This A.I. Company Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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Builderai promised no-code, AI-built apps. Reality? Real people behind the keyboard, staged reviews, and overstated value. If you're investing in AI or tech, this deep dive is a must-read.

Read This: https://spaculus.com/news/builderai-prebuilt-apps-truth/

#StartupInsights #AITechnology #ProductTransparency #BuilderAI #spaculus #spaculussoftware

A.I. = Actually Indian engineers
Over 700 of them
https://youtu.be/TuAsFCcvWPg
Of course we won't ever fall for a #scam like this again right? Right?
#AIhype #BuilderAI #fraud
Builder.ai - The Greatest AI Scam in History

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You probably saw the headlines that #builderAI was claiming to be an AI development platform, but was actually "700 engineers in India"?

That was fake news.

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/builder-ai-did-not-fake-ai/

Keep an eye out for misinformation, and check your sources!

Builder.ai did not “fake AI with 700 engineers”

The claim that the AI startup “faked AI” with hundreds of engineers went viral – and I also fell for it, initially. The reality is much more sobering: Builder.ai built a code generator on top of Claude and other LLMs; it did not build a so-called “Mechanical Turk.”

The Pragmatic Engineer
" #AI Startup Backed by #Microsoft Revealed to Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending to Be Chatbots

Builder.ai's virtual assistant "Natasha" was actually engineers manually coding customer requests"

https://www.latintimes.com/ai-startup-backed-microsoft-revealed-700-indian-employees-pretending-chatbots-584240

#AIpretend #AIbubblebubble
#BuilderAI #Chatbots
AI Startup Backed by Microsoft Revealed to Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending to Be Chatbots

A Microsoft-backed AI startup that relied on hundreds of human workers posing as chatbots has collapsed into bankruptcy amid fraud allegations.

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Czy to pęknięcie bańki czy dopiero początek prawdziwej rewolucji AI?
#AI #technology #BuilderAI #OpenAI #innovation #TechNews
https://dexterlab.dev/ai-news-video-hot/
#AI stands for “actually indians”? (g f) #BuilderAI

700 inżynierów z Indii udawało chatboty – historia upadku Builder.ai

Builder.ai, startup z Londynu wspierany przez Microsoft i wyceniony na 1,5 miliarda dolarów, ogłosił bankructwo po ujawnieniu, że jego platforma „napędzana sztuczną inteligencją” była w rzeczywistości obsługiwana przez około 700 inżynierów z Indii udających chatboty. Sprawa ta jest obecnie określana jako jeden z największych przypadków tzw. „AI washing” w historii...

#WBiegu #AiWashing #BuilderAi #Indie #Inwestycje #Microsoft #Natasha #Scam

https://sekurak.pl/700-inzynierow-z-indii-udawalo-chatboty-historia-upadku-builder-ai/

700 inżynierów z Indii udawało chatboty - historia upadku Builder.ai

Builder.ai, startup z Londynu wspierany przez Microsoft i wyceniony na 1,5 miliarda dolarów, ogłosił bankructwo po ujawnieniu, że jego platforma „napędzana sztuczną inteligencją” była w rzeczywistości obsługiwana przez około 700 inżynierów z Indii udających chatboty. Sprawa ta jest obecnie określana jako jeden z największych przypadków tzw. „AI washing” w historii...

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