Feels like half the AI startup scene is just people roleplaying as founders [i will not promote]
Everyday it’s “vibe code your startup”, “AI will change everything”, “one prompt = business”
but when you ask what people are actually using daily, it gets very quiet
feels like a lot of people are just funding LLM companies by burning tokens and calling it innovation
of course there are some genuinely useful things being built
one guy vibe coded a panic button app for trading, press one button and it exits all his stock positions instantly
another guy used AI to research treatment options for his dog’s cancer
that’s the kind of stuff that actually feels meaningful
real problem
real stakes
real usefulness
half this stuff feels like people using AI to avoid doing the actual hard part
the useful AI stuff is usually just one real problem, one useful fix, done
what’s the most genuinely useful AI thing you’ve seen built?