The barrier to entry

Not long ago, you could get in on the ground with AI for thousands of dollars. And in a matter of a few short years, the capital needed is beyond what 99.9% of the population can afford. The biggest reason is the equipment and computing power required to push the technology forward. And it isn’t just AI. An industry that touts itself for living in mom’s basement and working in the garage to build billion-dollar businesses—those days might be gone in tech. The problem with projects of this magnitude is that you lose so much in developing talent when access to the technology is limited.