Ask HN: Anyone else roll eyes at startups that went from "X" to "AI-powered X"?

This feels like the original idea wasn't good enough to work on its own and so jamming AI into the idea might get some VC capital to sustain a failed idea. Or am I thinking of this wrong?

Kind

startup

Status

Shut down

Inventor

ronbenton

Ended

2025

Source

hackernews