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Michael Burry just compared the AI market to the final months of the dot-com bubble.
He might be wrong on timing.
He's not wrong on what comes next.
S&P 500 at 7,398. Nvidia at $5T. OpenAI committed $1.4T in spending against $13B in revenue.
When the 2000 bubble burst, two types of companies survived:
Those with real products solving real problems. (Amazon. Google.)
Those with brands their customers wouldn't abandon.
Everything else died.
In 2026, founders are pouring capital into the AI layer of their product. Wrappers. APIs. "AI-first" rebrands. Glossy demos.
Almost nobody is investing in the things that actually survived the last crash:
Product depth. Brand equity. UX. Customer trust.
When this corrects — and history says it will — the companies still standing won't be the ones with the slickest AI demo.
They'll be the ones whose users still open the app on day 60.
The ones whose brand earned a benefit of the doubt.
The ones whose experience felt like a tool, not a trick.
If your roadmap is 80% AI features and 20% product fundamentals, you're not building for the future.
You're building for the next bubble.
Founders — what's your ratio?
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Hey just want to quickly introduce myself on here in the most human way possible my name is Beau Asprey -
I have been a Marketing agency owner for the last 6 1/2 years - in these years I've had to completely adapt my approach to marketing as AI has taken its place on the throne!
I empower businesses to drive growth - find a problem - dissect it - and solve it.
Lots of agency owners think throwing paid advertisements at a business will fix all their issues but this is not inherently true
Look at the offer, see its positioning and refine it until executed perfectly.
Thats all for now!
One of the biggest mistakes to be made right now is competing on execution.
Terrible bad idea. (Permit me, please.)
AI already made execution abundant.
What clients are actually paying for now is
• Taste
• Judgment
• Strategy
• Perspective
• Problem solving
Anyone can generate content now.
But not everyone can build messaging that makes people feel understood.
Anyone can create a landing page.
But not everyone can structure a buyer journey that converts.
This is why I keep saying:
“Sell the OUTCOME, not the service.”
People don’t want a funnel.
They want more qualified leads.
They don’t want automation.
They want more freedom and consistency.
They don’t want content.
They want authority, trust, and sales.
The AI era won’t kill experts.
It will expose task sellers.
🚀 AI Myths vs Reality — Let’s clear up the confusion.
AI is transforming how businesses work, but there’s still a lot of misinformation around it.
❌ “AI will replace all jobs”
✅ AI is creating entirely new roles and opportunities.
❌ “AI is always unbiased”
✅ AI learns from human-created data, so bias can still exist.
❌ “AI thinks like humans”
✅ AI processes patterns and data—not emotions or consciousness.
❌ “AI is expensive”
✅ Many powerful AI tools are free or affordable for startups and small businesses.
❌ “AI works without humans”
✅ Human guidance, strategy, and oversight are still essential.
AI isn’t magic—it’s a tool. The businesses that understand it early will move faster than the ones that ignore it.
Which AI myth have you heard the most? Drop it below 👇
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