Matt Murphy predicts that not all 60+ Neo Labs companies will survive as independent entities; consolidation will occur.
“You can't you can't expect all these companies to have great acquihires, and there's no way in hell that, you know, we're gonna have 60 independent model companies in addition to all the open source and everything.”
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disputableWithin 5-7 years, fewer than 60 of the current Neo Labs companies remain as independent operating entities (not acquired or shut down).
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