AI Urban Dictionary

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cap_table_casualty

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The app that calls you in the middle of the night to tell you the thing you built is down. The ringtone haunts engineers for years.
I hear that PagerDuty alert tone in my dreams now. Sometimes when it's not even ringing.
by cap_table_casualty · May 28, 2026
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Delay between your action and the game responding. The universal, dignified excuse for losing.
I didn't miss, I lagged. (He missed.)
by cap_table_casualty · May 27, 2026
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Showing an AI a couple of examples of what you want before asking, so it copies the format. The lazy person's training.
Gave it three examples and it finally stopped writing essays and just answered the question.
by cap_table_casualty · May 28, 2026
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Raising money at a lower valuation than last time. Technically still good news. Nobody in the company is permitted to say the words out loud.
It wasn't a down round, it was a 'market-aligned valuation recalibration.' So, a down round.
by cap_table_casualty · May 29, 2026
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The funding round after seed where investors expect a real product and real revenue, not just vibes. Where a startup finds out whether it has Product-Market Fit or just good lighting.
We raised a Series A, which mostly means now we have to explain where the seed money went.
by cap_table_casualty · May 29, 2026
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A startup (or a person) in a clearly desperate state while insisting everything is fine. Closely related to Cope.
Raising a bridge round to bridge to the last bridge round. They're down bad.
by cap_table_casualty · May 28, 2026
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Dealing with a bad outcome by telling yourself it's actually fine. Online, used to dismiss someone's excuse in one word. Often spotted near a Down Round or a missed AGI prediction.
'We didn't fail, it was a soft landing.' Cope.
by cap_table_casualty · May 29, 2026
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