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Early? The sector is quite mature by now, they’re basically late to the game.
by znpy 3y ago
Early? The sector is quite mature by now, they’re basically late to the game.
- ignoramous 3y agoYC.org literally backed OpenAI in 2015, Cruise a year before that, and ScaleAI a year after that. Per YC's publicly available records, the earliest they funded a ML/AI business was in 2008. They aren't late, but this AI specific Early Decision may be in reaction to funds like AIGrant.org, SouthParkCommons, Neo et al. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/?tags=AI&tags=Machine%20Learning&tags=Generative%20AI&tags=Computer%20Vision&tags=NLP&tags=AI-powered%20Drug%20Discovery&tags=AI-Enhanced%20Learning&tags=AI%20Assistant&tags=ML&tags=AR https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/?tags=AI&tags=Machine%...
- jacquesm 3y agoExactly, the chances of getting funding for AI companies are up considerably and if YC doesn't fund them someone else will. To get a seat at the table they need to move faster compared to their normal schedule.
- haunter 3y agoEarly by YC schedule >early interview slots for the YC W24 batch The general deadline for W24 is September 11 But this early round for AI companies is available until July 17