# Fired by Our Own Startup

*Strip 22 — from "Future Shock — AI vs Real Life", a webcomic by Abeer & Amaara.*

**Description:** Abeer presents "our AI startup"; their own phone says "You are removed. Access denied"; Amaara: "We got fired. By our own startup."
**Tags:** startups

## Transcript

Panel 1 — Abeer, proud, outside the office: "Our AI startup."
Panel 2 — His phone: "You are removed. Access denied."
Panel 3 — Amaara: "We got fired. By our own startup."

## Director's Commentary

- **Amaara:** We built it, it scaled, it optimised, and the thing it optimised away was us.
- **Abeer:** Founder, CEO, and first layoff. A clean sweep.

Read it: https://zesty-pika-867995.netlify.app/strip/panel-3/