u/djgoel123

Not necessarily money.

It could be weeks spent building an AI feature nobody used, automating the wrong workflow, choosing the wrong model, trusting inaccurate outputs, or buying tools your team eventually abandoned.

A lot of companies are rushing to “do something with AI,” but very few talk openly about what didn’t work.

What did you try, what went wrong, and what would you do differently now?

Building the first version feels like a huge milestone. Then a different set of questions appears:

How do we find the first users?
Is the product ready for real customers?
Should we improve it, rebuild parts of it, or start selling immediately?

For founders who have been through this, what was your first move after the MVP, and what would you do differently now?