Ask HN: Do AI startups even bother with patents anymore?
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Hey HN, I've been talking to AI and health-tech founders lately, and something keeps coming up: patents feel like they were designed for a different world. By the time you spend $20k and wait 2-3 years, your startup has probably pivoted twice. So I'm genuinely curious what people here are actually doing.