I recently got asked to join a well known crypto company trying to grow their L2. It was a typical, fly to every conference try to sign partners, be present at hacker houses type thing. 

I told them they were wasting their time. The only thing that matters is their AI tooling (they have none). That’s the only thing that will bring growth and everything else is just a Press Release.

They were not ready to accept the truth.

You didn’t reject the offer, you dodged a bullet. Chasing mindshare without tech is just noise.