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95% of Companies See 'Zero Return' on $30B Generative AI Spend

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418 points speckx | 10 comments | 21 Aug 25 15:36 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
1. spogbiper ◴[21 Aug 25 16:18 UTC] No.44974585[source]▶
Sounds like 95% of companies are potential clients for my consulting services
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2. uncircle ◴[21 Aug 25 16:24 UTC] No.44974644[source]▶
Do you sell overpriced generative AI solutions, or do you consult them on how to pivot away from idiotic generative AI?
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3. onlyrealcuzzo ◴[21 Aug 25 16:25 UTC] No.44974661[source]▶
Can't tell if you're in on it, but he's implying this waste is no different than average for consulting
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4. ehutch79 ◴[21 Aug 25 16:25 UTC] No.44974662[source]▶
YES!
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5. ◴[21 Aug 25 16:26 UTC] No.44974671[source]▶
6. uncircle ◴[21 Aug 25 16:28 UTC] No.44974703{3}[source]▶
I take offence at comparing my consulting services writing real software by hand like we did in 2021 with generative AI spambots.

(I'm not really offended honestly. Startups will come crying to un-vibe the codebases soon enough.)

7. theyinwhy ◴[21 Aug 25 16:43 UTC] No.44974900{3}[source]▶
So much about can't have the cake and eat it
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8. ehutch79 ◴[21 Aug 25 16:47 UTC] No.44974976{4}[source]▶
Sell them the cake and then get paid to eat it.
9. nextworddev ◴[21 Aug 25 17:01 UTC] No.44975189[source]▶
Good thing consulting is one thing AI is decent at
10. jryio ◴[21 Aug 25 17:26 UTC] No.44975551[source]▶
Started an entire consulting practice to get engineering teams and founders out of vibe coded pits. Even got a great domain for it - vibebusters

So far business is booming and clients are happy with both human interactions with senior engineers as well as a final deliverable on best practices for using AI to write code.

Curious to compare notes