Funnier: Yes, it's what happens today, and Silicon Valley is old enough that we can compare and contrast with the beginning of techbro art! The original techbro film is Toy Story (1995), which is much weirder if viewed with e.g. the precept that Buzz's designers are Elon fans or the idea that (some of) the toys are robots. Of course, from the outside, AI toy robots make folks think of Small Soldiers (1998); "generic" and "slop" are definitely part of the style. Also, as long as we're talking of "pearly blobs" I have to bring up The Abyss (1989) before anybody else. I hope at least one of these is a lucky 10000 for you because they're all classic films.