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But I think even that is more about their values.

Like maybe their values changed or maybe the company so didn't align with their values anymore that they wanted to just get out of the industry entirely.

And a lot of them honestly are now in the like privileged position of they've made so much money that now they can make decisions based on just their beliefs, you know?

I think that we're going to see a lot of AI companies finally have to answer to new people in terms of profit.

And it's going to be really interesting to see what they do.

Is Anthropic going to stick to its mission?

Is it going to change its mission statement wording a bunch over the next year before it IPOs?

Is OpenAI going to stay silent about military work?

We're going to see a lot of potential changes, and I think we're also going to see a lot of movement as a result of that within these companies.

As they get ready to IPO, what changes are they going to make to their mission and what they're building and what they're prioritizing, and who's leaving as a result of that?

So I would watch that.

Another thing is that something that I'm hearing from

Some of the most realistic people in the industry is that enterprise AI is the future, like the non-glamorous B2B stuff, and that consumer-facing AI is going to shrink with M&A.

So I think that a lot of the smaller firms, the ones that are mostly consumer-facing, we're going to see them acquired.

So I think that's something to watch.

Also, consumer-focused AI companies that are pivoting into enterprise to turn a profit.

So I think we're going to see a lot of scrambling around money.

in the industry this year.

And I think we're also going to see a lot of personnel moves because of that scramble around money.

And maybe people will get disillusioned about what their company has become.