Many incumbent companies will be in deep trouble between now and the abundance end-state

Many incumbent companies will be in deep trouble between now and the abundance end-state | a lot of incumbent companies that are in deep deep trouble... the period of time between now and abundance there's all kinds of turbulence and change coming

a lot of incumbent companies that are in deep deep trouble... the period of time between now and abundance there's all kinds of turbulence and change coming

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  "context": "the period of time between now and abundance there's all kinds of turbulence and change coming and the AI community has now kind softs selling that a little bit to try and focus on the ultimate abundant destination. So yes, a few AI labs worth trillions of dollars, thousands and thousands of successful startups and a lot of incumbent companies that are in deep deep trouble.",
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