The downfall of A Guy Instead
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CORRECTION: Builder.AI got $450m, not £450m!
Sources:
Builder.ai: The wild ride of a Microsoft-backed tech unicorn https://www.ft.com/content/11afc46c-b435-489d-a9f1-134ad0c00d25
Chief of Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai steps down https://www.ft.com/content/f8882c90-ef69-4a62-aecf-9d3725aca6b3
Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency https://www.ft.com/content/9fdb4e2b-93ea-436d-92e5-fa76ee786caa
Builder.ai front page (archive) http://archive.today/2025.05.21-150407/https://www.builder.ai/
Putting the AI into Builder: How Natasha streamlines your app project (archive) http://archive.today/2025.05.21-150613/https://www.builder.ai/how-it-works
Builder.ai Automates Path from User Story Direct to Working Code https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/10/2860706/0/en/Builder-ai-Automates-Path-from-User-Story-Direct-to-Working-Code.html
Microsoft takes another leap in AI race, joins with Builder.ai that helps anyone build apps effortlessly https://techfundingnews.com/microsoft-takes-another-leap-in-ai-race-joins-with-builder-ai-that-helps-anyone-build-apps-effortlessly/
AI Startup Boom Raises Questions of Exaggerated Tech Savvy (2019) https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-startup-boom-raises-questions-of-exaggerated-tech-savvy-11565775004
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