Too Long; Didn't Read
Startups lie. They lie a lot. In the past few weeks I’ve read articles discussing <a href="https://medium.com/the-mission/rocket-ai-2016s-most-notorious-ai-launch-and-the-problem-with-ai-hype-d7908013f8c9#.6x2xblmmn" target="_blank">Rocket AI</a>, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/8/13894000/magic-leap-ar-microsoft-hololens-way-behind" target="_blank">Magic Leap</a>, and the ongoing insanity that is <a href="http://fortune.com/2016/11/28/theranos-sued-investor-class-action/" target="_blank">Theranos</a>. The only thing these companies have in common is that they have lied to the public and/or investors. In the case of Theranos and Magic Leap, they took billions of dollars without a real product. In the case of Rocket AI, the creators faked a launch to prove a point — lying works in Silicon Valley.