## Agentic AI

**The Next Chapter: Clarifai Compute Orchestration and Reasoning Engine Joins Nebius**

Today, we are thrilled to announce a monumental milestone in Clarifai’s journey: we have entered into an agreement for Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS), the AI cloud company, to license our core engineering and inference IP to strengthen Nebius Token Factory.

May 19, 2026  
Matthew Zeiler, Ph.D. Founder and CEO, Clarifai

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## AI SaaS

**Reasons why AI native startups fail**

Artificial intelligence startups have captured investors’ imaginations, but most **fail within a few years**. Studies in 2025–26 show that **roughly 90% of AI‑native startups fold within their first few years**.