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Re:Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today by murukesh_s on Friday January 24, 2025 @12:58AM (#42810852)
I think it was a time when bootstrapping was a thing.. I feel its scary for new startups to bootstrap since the last decade with huge fundings, especially with funding in billions becoming a normal with the ongoing AI craze.

https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/largest-ai-startup-funding-de...

Re:Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today by abhimanyue1998 on Friday January 24, 2025 @02:03AM (#42811122)
AI inference is expensive, hence, funding is needed. In future, when AI infra becomes cheaper, we will see more bootstrapped AI startups too.
Re:Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today by waonderer on Saturday January 25, 2025 @06:37PM (#42826098)
I think that's more skewed towards the AI startups. Other startups have rather seen a dip in recent times, at least in India.