NFT expert and University of Auckland professor, Alex Sims, said the technology was not necessarily the problem, the people were.
Waikato man Martin van Blerk was behind the project and says he's committed to seeing it through.
“It appears to be a sector where there has been some quite embedded practice here," Michael Wood said.
One former C3 Auckland intern said they were worked so hard in their internship they were "on the brink of a mental breakdown".