The bar for milestones to raise money has increased a lot over the last two decades. What was 1M users is now 10M+ users. It's also worth noting that a lot of t

The bar for milestones to raise money has increased a lot over the last two decades. What was 1M users is now 10M+ users. It's also worth noting that a lot of tools make growth at a faster rate possible as compared to before. The increased difficulty of raising seed during idea stage is apparent when you observe the increase in YC companies that have already launched with an MVP and are increasing traction working up to the demo day.