# Andreessen-Horowitz craps on "AI" startups from a great height | Locklin on science

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## What Jamie wrote

Some significant real-world view of machine learning startups.

> My TLDR summary:
> 
> 1. Deep learning costs a lot in compute, for marginal payoffs  
> 2. Machine learning startups generally have no moat or meaningful special sauce  
> 3. Machine learning startups are mostly services businesses, not software businesses  
> 4. Machine learning will be most productive inside large organizations that have data and process inefficiencies

The 3rd item is the one that I have seen the most.

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