every startup in sf is one of three things

as I've been exploring new roles in SF, I've been focusing on smaller startups. I've been missing the feeling of a smaller company, being more connected with my co-workers, and all that vibey stuff. unfortunately I've had to come to fact with the fact that (almost) everyone seems to be working on one of two problems. mechanical turk/scale AI v29 a perfectly normal industry, with AI!!! (and all the operational struggles of the original industry) foundation lab acquisition bait of course, then I'd do a second split as well: twitter-based (usually younger, yc, more annoying) linkedin-based (generic daily linkedin posts, usually older) of course this system doesn't cover every startup ('every' was hyperbole) - but these six axes seem to cover most 'modern' startups. and to be honest, I'm not really sure where I want to go. every thing is clearly based on foundation labs (1 aiming for lab sales, 2 hoping for a niche labs won't do by throwing operations into the mix, 3 hoping to be bought…