> ePaper displays are niche, and worse for most personal and business use-cases compared to LCD et al.

Hence we need more resources for R&D to figure out the shortcomings. LCD didn't pop into existence randomly either. It's not a guaranteed win, but neither AI has proven any realized gains in the majority of industries that gambled on adopting it.

Well its easy for the 1000 guys who control 50% of the total money supply to tell their CEOs and boards to push AI so they get a good ROI.

Starting an epaper business would involve actual work and risk.