I believe the oligarchs have given up on innovation. They used it to become rich, then they bought innovative companies to incorporate their products, now they buy them to quash anything new.

At this point, if there is anything that makes it past acquisition size, they all have to jump on board and bet the farm on it, because they can’t risk being the only ones that don’t have “it.” It’s better for your career to have “it” and it flops, than not to have “it” at all.

But I agree with your approach: crypto and LLMs are tools that can be tremendously useful. Just don’t pretend they can do the impossible.