I am not sure you got my point. What I meant is that "companies seek exponential growth mindlessly" and, hence, sometimes make stupid decisions trying to go faster than the competition because a tech company has to grow really fast for some reason. As the article mentions, other companies in the same sector have been taking a more cautionary stance and a have been working with larger margins to offset the real risk involved.

So yes, the real blame is on the managers and executives that tried to push things way past what would be correct. Instead of slow and steady, they pushed too far to one day be mentioned on some startup-porn book as a company to copy.

However, executives and managers have the communication power and will most definitively put (wrongly) the blame on the weakest link of the chain (in terms of communication), which are the scientists.

Therefore, without any sarcasm or irony, my point is companies try to grow too fast because literature says they need to grow fast else they are not unicorns or valuable companies. Then, they make bad moves, fail to grow, and, of course, will try to find a scapegoat.

And before you ask, I am not against growth or wealth. What I am not in favor of is mindlessly seeking it for the sake of matching some random criteria of success.