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So... how long does it take before a company stops being called a startup?
Probably once they can stand on their own merits and make a profit. So never in the case of AI companies.
Lmao, right. 1.5 Billy just laying around? Probably not much of a startup anymore…
When they're weaned from the teat of round after round of investment
Once it starts actually generating profits id assume. Or in most cases once it gets bought out.
Yeah, the definition is (or at least used to be) that a startup doesn’t have a business model yet.