Ask HN: I need some advice from intelligent people on my situation

This cannot be upvoted enough. You won't succeed if you are doing things wrong or worse doing the wrong thing. I think you're focusing on the wrong thing by building a 'circle' or chasing AI startups without specific product or service to solve some real world pain points while also lacking the skills .

As a tech team lead I have seen essentially this entire post as a person numerous times irl, in interview loops, zoom, etc.

It screams to me that horrid stereotype of "I'm an ideas person that doesn't have the skills to do what I want to, blames others immediately, and probably falls for self-help guru scams while listing AI MACHINE LEARNING INVESTOR in their twitter bio" - I have never seen these types be successful while continuing to act this way.

The high school friend that texts you telling you to invest in a shitcoin. The instagram profile that buys followers and likes and posts horrid motivational quotes (I have actually seen 'work will set you free' once on one of these, jfc). The person with github forks of tensorflow, pytorch, the linux kernel, with nothing even remotely approaching a contribution to look cool, probably with a modified contributions graph so it's all green.

Oh boy, oh boy… First of all, stop listening to Joe Rogan, Gary Vee, and other professional bullshitters.

Quit the “hustle grindset” bullshit, and learn humility.

Finish your studies, and make sure you’ve actually learned something.

Then get a job, work for at least five years. Learn your field, and look for an opportunity or unserved niche that you can make money from. Convince a bunch of friends whom you trust, and create a product that clients are willing to pay for.