YC.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

YC.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%...