[Silicon Valley's double-bind is: your similarity validates my idea and I like you for that, but it also makes us rivals and I hate you for that.]
[Company shutdowns take a form similar to ancient rituals of human sacrifice: undifferentiation (VC-backed competition) is named as the scapegoat, the company is eulogized in a generic way (raised X and shut down), and then they 'celebrate failure' to shift the blame away from true causes and leave the door open for this to recur ('they died so that other companies could live').]