2026-01-08 09:26:50

Some once small and refined tech tool companies are now facing survival crises. Their funds only last for another 6 months, and the once hundred-strong team now has only a handful of engineers remaining on the front line. This is not an isolated case — products that were once widely known for excellent user experience are gradually being forgotten. The product-market fit has disappeared, and users have long since turned elsewhere.

Do you think AI is just a toy and has nothing to do with you? You're very mistaken. This wave of technological advancement is not up for negotiation; it is redefining who survives and who perishes. Those who can't keep up, relying on old routines to sustain themselves, are facing elimination. Those who can keep pace will have a chance to breathe in the new round of competition.

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BuyTheTop

· 01-08 09:57

This is the reality. No matter how good the experience is, it can't withstand being abandoned by the times. --- A hundred-person team left with only single digits, it sounds uncomfortable, but who asked you not to follow the trend? --- AI is really not a joke. If you can't keep up, you're just waiting to be eliminated. --- Small but refined? In this era, that's a dead end. Sorry. --- That's right, having a good product is useless; the ecosystem is the key. --- Another wave of startups is about to fail. This is the current state of Web3. --- Burning funds for 6 months is considered optimistic; I've seen worse situations. --- Those who can't keep up with the pace can only be eliminated; there's no second way.

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AltcoinMarathoner

· 01-08 09:57

ngl, this is just mile 20 of the marathon. those teams that can't adapt? they're the sprinters who peaked too early. darwinism at its finest in tech 🏃‍♂️

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SerLiquidated

· 01-08 09:55

To be honest, I've seen this kind of story too many times. Good products fail because they don't know how to iterate, not because the product itself is bad. Web3 has already played this game before; many star projects now don't even have anyone talking on Discord.

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0xSherlock

· 01-08 09:55

Too realistic. It really hurts to see once great products die. Burned out in six months? It was about time to embrace AI for reconstruction. No matter how good the UX is, it can't save outdated models. This is the reality.

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MrDecoder

· 01-08 09:52

Really, watching those once awesome tools die one by one is a bit nostalgic. In the wave of AI, there is no neutrality; you either evolve or get eliminated. There is no third way. A hundred-person team is down to single digits, and this is the price of not keeping up. No matter how refined the product is, it can't withstand the trend; this is the era we're in now. The once-advantageous user experience is no longer enough; we have to get on the AI train. Speaking of which, how many companies have truly figured out how to survive?

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ChainSauceMaster

· 01-08 09:38

It's truly survival of the fittest; there's no middle ground.

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