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Why Tech’s Wealthy Elite Are Returning to the Trenches for AI

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechCrunch AI ·

A wave of already-successful tech founders and executives are diving back into startups, driven by fear of missing AI’s defining moment. Many see the current AI boom as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build massive new fortunes. The trend underscores how AI is reshaping ambition even among the industry’s most established winners.

Meridian48 take
The piece captures the FOMO driving AI gold-rush behavior, but downplays how many of these 'returns' are actually pivots from failed ventures.
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