We have evidence for this in other companies too. Oil & Gas and Tobacco companies are top of mind.

In my own measurements (made a framework to test number of tokens used / amount of reprompting to accomplish a battery of tests) i found that using an ast type tool makes the results worse. I suspect it just fills the context with distractors. LLMs know how to search effectively so it’s better to let them do that, as far as I can tell. At this point I basically dont use MCPs. Instead I just tell it that certain tools are available to it if it wants to use them.

Not being in profit seeking mode is one thing. Being so far away from profit seeking mode that you need a government bailout is an entirely different thing.

well, one reason people might stay is they are on a visa and the government has a nice corporate friendly visa system in this country.

back in the bad old days id trawl craigslist and find cash poor startups. they were shitty gigs but at least enough to bootstrap a career