# Ex-Googlers Realize Startups Are Tough After Major Setbacks 🚧

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/ex-googlers-realize-startups-are-tough-after-major-setbacks/290006>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** business, ai\
**Created:** [August 27, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ex-googlers-realize-startups-are-tough-after-major-setbacks/290006 "2024-08-27T18:03:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ex-googlers-realize-startups-are-tough-after-major-setbacks/290006/1 "2024-08-27T18:03:20Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Founders’ Fallout**  
French AI startup H, founded by ex-Google researchers, lost three of its five co-founders due to operational and business disagreements, just months after raising $220 million.

2. **Acquisition Woes**  
Other startups by former Google AI researchers, like Inflection and Adept, have faced quasi-acquisitions or failed buyout talks, highlighting the challenges these new ventures face.

3. **Revenue Questions**  
Cohere, another ex-Googler-founded AI startup, is also under scrutiny for its low revenue despite having significant funding, raising doubts about the sustainability of these ventures.

**Read more at:** [The Information](https://www.theinformation.com)