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All these companies selling CRUD wrappers around ChatGPT + an embeddings database seem like awfully cynical cash grabs to me. Would love to see YC sponsor some

All these companies selling CRUD wrappers around ChatGPT + an embeddings database seem like awfully cynical cash grabs to me. Would love to see YC sponsor some companies trying something more novel on the LLM side.

arjvik 4y ago
What novel approaches are you thinking of?
ed_mercer 4y ago
YC should rename themselves to GPTC
rjzzleep 4y ago
What's wrong with cash grabs? That said, I don't get the platforms worth. Can someone explain it to me? What's a use case for this?
- andrewlu0 4y ago
  We think our current product makes it alot easier to work with documents/embeddings to help build that initial prototype, and once its deployed, tools for versioning and logging. One example use case is ingesting previous support chats and docs to build a "copilot" for your support team.
version_five 4y ago
It's an interesting point, it would be nice to see someone write and post something about this idea so it can be discussed outside a Launch post. It's kind of shitty for one company's launch to have to take on criticism of a mega-trend.
cal85 4y ago
I'm not sure it's a great business model - seems a very competitive area, low barrier to entry, and hard to establish much of a moat. But I am struggling to see what you mean by "cynical cash grab".
borbulon 4y ago
I tend to agree on this one. Yes, there is a whole lot of jockeying to be a chokepoint (an artificial barrier between business and customer where even more money can be extracted for minimal service). I can't stand chokepoints, it's kind of like a man-in-the-middle attack on your money. That being said, "I've created a chokepoint" seems like about 75% of all startups - finding a way to get between customers and something they need, creating a way for their startup to get money for basically delivering something that was already being delivered another way. "We do it better than the other guy" is basically bullshit. So the cynical part is right - "if I don't get in on this cash grab, someone else will," but it seems like the nature of capitalism, really

arjvik 4y ago

What novel approaches are you thinking of?

ed_mercer 4y ago

YC should rename themselves to GPTC

rjzzleep 4y ago

What's wrong with cash grabs? That said, I don't get the platforms worth. Can someone explain it to me? What's a use case for this?

andrewlu0 4y ago
We think our current product makes it alot easier to work with documents/embeddings to help build that initial prototype, and once its deployed, tools for versioning and logging. One example use case is ingesting previous support chats and docs to build a "copilot" for your support team.

version_five 4y ago

It's an interesting point, it would be nice to see someone write and post something about this idea so it can be discussed outside a Launch post. It's kind of shitty for one company's launch to have to take on criticism of a mega-trend.

cal85 4y ago

I'm not sure it's a great business model - seems a very competitive area, low barrier to entry, and hard to establish much of a moat. But I am struggling to see what you mean by "cynical cash grab".

borbulon 4y ago

I tend to agree on this one. Yes, there is a whole lot of jockeying to be a chokepoint (an artificial barrier between business and customer where even more money can be extracted for minimal service). I can't stand chokepoints, it's kind of like a man-in-the-middle attack on your money. That being said, "I've created a chokepoint" seems like about 75% of all startups - finding a way to get between customers and something they need, creating a way for their startup to get money for basically delivering something that was already being delivered another way. "We do it better than the other guy" is basically bullshit. So the cynical part is right - "if I don't get in on this cash grab, someone else will," but it seems like the nature of capitalism, really