💀 99% of AI Startups Will Die by 2026 – Here's Why
1. LLM Wrappers ≠ Real Products
Most AI startups are just pretty UIs over OpenAI’s API. No real backend. No IP. No moat. They're charging ₹4,000/month for workflows that cost ₹300 if done directly
A client came to me with an idea:
"Can we turn this service into a SaaS?"
We did:
1. Idea > UI > AI workflow
2. Automated onboarding
3. Subscription + dashboard
Now?
$29/mo x 400 users = $11.6K MRR
Stop selling hours.
Start selling outcomes.
30 Most Popular Startup Shares in Q4
These are the top private startup shares right now.
Investors are rushing to buy them on secondary markets.
8 of them dominate the market with AI at their core.
Someone purchased the "AI dot com" domain in 1993 for $65, right now he’s selling that same domain for $100m
That’s a 153,846,054% return, or 1,538,461x his initial investment