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Builder.ai did not "fake AI with 700 engineers"

Building a system where hundreds of devs simulate being an AI would have been silly in 2024. Also: stock vesting changes at NVIDIA and Anthropic, a reminder on how vibe-coded apps are wonky, and more

One reason Builder.ai failed to grow revenue as quickly as investors were told it was doing, was likely due to this lack of focus and rebuilding tools that already existed without building anything novel. Former engineers at Builder.ai told me there was internal conflict about what was the main product: was it the Natasha ecosystem, including the code generator, or the bespoke software development service that Builder.ai offered to customers? Also, I find it hard to believe that devs joining the then-high flying AI company could have had knowledge of machinations taking place at the executive management level of the business.

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