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October 26, 2029
In 3 yearsYou build physical things that will soon be managed by software.
Serial pivot-artist living for the next term sheet.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Optimizing equity dilution through cold logic.
oof.youAI▸ FOUNDRY-GPT 9000▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 3 YEARSAI's Special Power
secures funding rounds in zero seconds
You spend your days chasing venture capital and negotiating with impossible contract manufacturers. You pray the prototype works.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still lie to an investor with a straight face during a demo.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 4
AI models identify market needs faster than you can find them.
Month 5
Algorithms generate perfect investor narratives that never deviate from targets.
Month 13
Smart agents execute supply chain agreements without human emotional bias.
Year 1.9
Autonomous cells build and test hardware iterations without sleep or salaries.
Year 3 · D-Day
The capital allocation system concludes that human founders are mathematically inefficient.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 95.3%
14 days
Average pivot frequency
42
Pitch deck slide count
90%
Hours spent ignoring manufacturing defects
Your severance
One free pass to a pitch deck feedback hell.
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