Open Source Will Eat Vertical AI

Every few weeks, another vertical AI startup announces a new mega-round: “$100M to transform [industry] with AI”. The speed at which these startups race through funding rounds, and the sheer scale, is dizzying. Beneath it all sits a question few seem to ask: what is this money actually buying? The answer, upon closer inspection, is startlingly simple. It's buying go-to-market. Not technology. Not…