Unger: Image generation is commoditizing too rapidly for startups to succeed
Pascal Unger · Startup Funding Competition: Will VCs Invest in AI-Powered Fashion Models Disrupting E-Commerce? · May 1, 2024 · at 19:41
Pascal Unger (Partner at Focal.vc) expresses skepticism about the defensibility of AI image generation startups while discussing Flock AI on The Pitch.
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“And I'm a bit skeptical in the image generation space as a whole. I do worry about that there's just way too much happening and that it gets commoditized too quickly for them to get off the ground in a meaningful way.”
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