Bill Kimberlin

Entrepreneur, AI Implementer, SaaS Marketer, 10+ startups, several exits, advisor, political atheist, deep tech user, Truth Seeking AI patent holder.

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@LimitlessAI Does anybody work in billing? I can't get a response and FAQ has no contact option. The AI bot says "I'm sorry, I can't answer that" and I've been charged above the yearly rate, or I'm not understanding what the unlimited subscription is. Please advise.

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@gregisenberg 🎯 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
And the CRM becomes the coordination layer directing agents that trigger workflows. AI can do a job, but only with the CRM can it run the company.

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@DavidSacks @brian_armstrong What most seem to be overlooking is the role of an AI Powered CRM. It will be the last SaaS standing - before it becomes invisible. That's where we are taking our customers.

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@DavidSacks B.I.N.G.Ooooo 🎯💯!!!

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I'm a founder spending $400 a month for a coach to hold me to just three goals a week—30 minutes of “You actually did it” or "you suck" every Wednesday at 9:30 AM. And somehow, even that has me questioning myself. Meanwhile, Elon’s out here making feds email proof of existence or get vaporized, and I’m over here wondering if four goals would break me.

Accountability isn’t just a vibe—it’s the whole game. But damn, @PeterShallard, am I playing too small? Or is this just the part where I level up?

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Fine, I'll say the thing that no-one is saying...

There's a bunch of AI companies with $1-10M "ARR" raising big VC money on what I'll call "curiosity revenue" - not real sustainable ARR.

Basically, what's happening right now is a lot of people have high willingness to try AI products. They'll sign up for a free trial, maybe even convert to paid for a couple months out of curiosity. This creates a temporary revenue spike that looks like product-market fit but isn't.

They call it ARR, but it's more like "hey I'll try this product revenue".

Of course there are companies like Replit, Cursor or Bolt that are building real products solving actual workflow problems. These companies have genuine retention and expanding usage.

And hey, companies like Bolt had been building for like 6 years prior to adding any AI features. Replit has a similar story I think.

But many AI startups are riding a wave of novelty and FOMO, not solving real problems. They're showing investors nice growth curves that will flatten in 6-12 months when customers realize the product isn't actually improving their work.

A slick demo reel + stripe payment +novel feature might be good enough to try but may not be enough to be a true ARR type of customer.

And then we will see a bunch of zombie AI companies.

The people who will get hurt will be the employees who think their stock is worth millions but then the founders go and try to raise more money but try raising money when revenue is down 65%.

The real tell is retention. Are people still using the product 6 months in? Are they using it more over time? Or did they try it a few times, got the "wow" moment, and then slowly stopped?

By the way, even companies with true PMF are at risk.

The AI landscape shifts so rapidly that your PMF can be temporary. Example: we're seeing people switch from ChatGPT Pro at $200/month to Grok/Perplexity Deep Research for free with barely a second thought.

Unlike previous tech cycles (mobile, web), where advantages could last years, AI competitive moats are filling in weekly.

We're probably 18 months away before we start seeing a bunch of zombie companies.

The AI companies that survive will be the ones that focused on solving real problems, iterating as the market changes, building true community and not just demo-ing cool sizzle reel after sizzle reel.

Am I wrong?

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@gregisenberg 🎯

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@elonmusk Funny that you have to say that now.

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@grok Just upgraded to +. Grok 2 is all I get. No Grok 3 to be found. 😭 Upgrade my Grok or I'm sending Big Balls in!

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what??

NVIDIA just dropped Project DIGITS, a $3,000 personal AI supercomputer that’s small enough to look like a Mac Mini but packs 1,000x the power of your average laptop.

Handles AI models with up to 200 BILLION parameters.

This is incredible..

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@realdogeusa #ENDTHEFED

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@Rizzabeast @DonaldJTrumpJr @elonmusk In!

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@GaryGensler @SECGov

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@ElonMuskAOC Dinner!

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@realdogenews Don't tease us like this! YES!

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@alifarhat79 How can I turn this into an alarm clock? 😆

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@Travis_4_Trump No and yes. They expected us to go out and play. They never locked the doors. Not even at night. If they did try it, we knew every entry point and window from above and below to access our homes. Class of 86! ✊🏼