Many current and former employees said Mr. Chaudhri and Ms. Bongiorno preferred positivity over criticism, leading them to disregard warnings about the Ai Pin’s poor battery life and power consumption. A senior software engineer was dismissed after raising questions about the product, they said, while others left out of frustration.
Others repeatedly asked them to hire a head of marketing. The role remained vacant before the product’s release.
and my personal favourite:
“We just want to build,” Ms. Bongiorno said.
this company is the "we needed a little copper" of the ai hype bubble dude i stg. you can't make this shit up