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

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418 points speckx | 3 comments | 21 Aug 25 15:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.623s | source
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JCM9 ◴[21 Aug 25 16:22 UTC] No.44974621[source]▶
We are entering the “Trough of disillusionment.” These hype cycles are very predictable. GPT-5 being panned as a disappointment after endless hype may go down as GenAI’s “jump the shark” moment.

It’s all fun and games until the bean counters start asking for evidence of return on investment. GenAI folks better buckle up. Bumps ahead. The smart folks are already quietly preparing for a shift to ride the next hype wave up while others ride this train to the trough’s bottom.

Cue a bunch of increasingly desperate puff PR trying to show this stuff returns value.

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1. seatac76 ◴[21 Aug 25 16:55 UTC] No.44975105[source]▶
Good point. I wonder if the Windsurf folks saw the writing on the wall and cashed out when they could.
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2. herval ◴[21 Aug 25 17:20 UTC] No.44975463[source]▶
I was a big Windsurf fan. What they did with their team became a massive cautionary tale around the current wave of startups. It's creating a distrust culture that's gonna be very hard to repair (not that it matters for the handful of newly-minted billionaires)
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3. seatac76 ◴[21 Aug 25 18:59 UTC] No.44976673[source]▶
Agreed. It was a bizarre exit and they did screw over their employees which leads to me to believe that the GenAI IDE market will be the first to implode.