The Graveyard Of OpenAI’s Dead Products And Incomplete Deals

As it announces one of the biggest funding rounds in history, OpenAI has trumpeted hundreds of billions in other deals and products—including Sora—that haven’t yet become reality.

Forbes

This is important context in the wake of yesterday’s “raise” announcement. A lot of this stuff seems to just quietly never happen once the ink on the PR puff dries.

The AI industry increasingly looks in scramble mode to keep the hype going as those storm clouds of financial and business reality get darker and darker on the horizon.

sell the roadmap, deliver a sku, sell/comp consulting services on escalations

the silicon valley shuffle, tried & true