@swyx: every evals/analytics startup is going through a onetime generational upgrade into a continual learning platform in 202…
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The author predicts that evals/analytics startups will transition into continual learning platforms in 2026, with some failing and the tasteful ones succeeding.
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every evals/analytics startup is going through a onetime generational upgrade into a continual learning platform in 2026
many will fail but as always the tasteful ones win
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