Every AI founder thinks they want a mega investing round. Trust me, you don’t

Big rounds push you toward optics instead of output. You start building for the board instead of the customer. There is a strange gravitational pull in the AI ecosystem right now. Every founder wants to raise a monster round. A $50 million seed. A $200 million Series A. The kind of fundraise that makes headlines, melts your inbox, and gets your parents to finally understand you have a real job.