What went wrong? There are myriad reasons at play, but chief among them is that it sounds like the…

AI-Powered Tractor Startup Burns Through a Quarter Billion Dollars, Fires All Employees in Epic Implosion

What went wrong? There are myriad reasons at play, but chief among them is that it sounds like the AI tractors kind of sucked compared to the venture’s vast hype — a warning to AI and robotics startups everywhere that eventually reality can come crashing down like a bad harvest.

In an interview with SFGATE , O’Connor drove the point home by saying he couldn’t find a single serious use for the AI tractor, and found its self-driving mode to be hazardous. “I wouldn’t let anyone else around it,” he said.