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Is this peak 2025 AI?

Builder.ai actually 700 engineers, no AI.

"Builder.ai, once touted as a revolutionary AI startup backed by Microsoft, has collapsed into insolvency after revelations that its flagship no-code development platform was powered not by artificial intelligence—but by 700 human engineers in India."

businesstoday.in/technology/ne

Business Today · '700 Indian engineers posed as AI': The London startup that took Microsoft for a rideBy Business Today Desk

AI Ponzi Scheme:

"Microsoft-backed Builder.ai collapsed after an internal investigation found evidence of potentially bogus sales and the company revised down revenues to just a quarter of prior estimates.

Builder.ai, one of the UK’s best-funded technology start-ups that raised more than $500mn from prominent backers such as Qatar’s sovereign-wealth fund, informed employees earlier this week that it would commence insolvency proceedings after its lenders called a default.

Lenders stepped in after Builder.ai submitted provisional accounts to its auditor showing large reductions to prior revenue estimates, according to people familiar with the matter.

These figures showed that a prior $220mn estimate for 2024 revenues had been revised to around $55mn, while a previously reported 2023 total sales figure of $180mn would be restated to roughly $45mn, the people added."

ft.com/content/926f4969-fda7-4

Financial Times · Microsoft-backed Builder.ai collapsed after finding potentially bogus salesBy Robert Smith
#AI#GenerativeAI#UK