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Congrats on the launch. Serious question though, does YC only fund AI companies these days?

hamsterbooster 2y ago
Thanks! There are still a lot of amazing hardware companies and vertical applications in our YC batch. We believe that AI is only one part of our product. A significant amount of value comes from building robust integrations with different data sources and managing the business logic that operates on top of this unstructured data.
dang 2y ago
Nope! From yesterday: Launch HN: Synnax (YC S24) – Unified hardware control and sensor data streaming - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41227369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41227369 - Aug 2024 (23 comments) also recent: Launch HN: Stack Auth (YC S24) – An Open-Source Auth0/Clerk Alternative - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41194673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41194673 - Aug 2024 (140 comments) Launch HN: Firezone (YC W22) – Zero-trust access platform built on WireGuard - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173330 - Aug 2024 (88 comments) Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern personal airplane - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163382 - Aug 2024 (618 comments) That's 4 of the 8 most recent Launch HNs btw. But it's true that there are reams of AI startups nowadays.
elicash 2y ago
This year, nearly yes in "some way": > This year, we’ll fund more than 500 companies out of 50,000 applications, and almost all of them are related to AI in some way. Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/why-yc-went-to-dc/ https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/why-yc-went-to-dc/ (Edited to be more precise.)
meiraleal 2y ago
The problem for me is that all of them look more of the same. I have a feeling of dejavu every time I see a Show HN of an AI generator, AI nocode, AI supabase, AI PDF scanner, AI monitoring startup. I'm developing an "AI wrapper" myself and I know how difficult it is to create a reliable system using LLM integration and I guess these many similar projects are competing on being the one to create something that won't risk ruining their customers reputation. But I see no differentiation, no eye-catching tech, algorithm, invention. YC and HN used to be the bastion of innovation in tech.

Thanks! There are still a lot of amazing hardware companies and vertical applications in our YC batch. We believe that AI is only one part of our product. A significant amount of value comes from building robust integrations with different data sources and managing the business logic that operates on top of this unstructured data.

dang 2y ago

Nope! From yesterday: Launch HN: Synnax (YC S24) – Unified hardware control and sensor data streaming - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41227369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41227369 - Aug 2024 (23 comments) also recent: Launch HN: Stack Auth (YC S24) – An Open-Source Auth0/Clerk Alternative - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41194673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41194673 - Aug 2024 (140 comments) Launch HN: Firezone (YC W22) – Zero-trust access platform built on WireGuard - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173330 - Aug 2024 (88 comments) Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern personal airplane - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163382 - Aug 2024 (618 comments) That's 4 of the 8 most recent Launch HNs btw. But it's true that there are reams of AI startups nowadays.

elicash 2y ago

This year, nearly yes in "some way": > This year, we’ll fund more than 500 companies out of 50,000 applications, and almost all of them are related to AI in some way. Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/why-yc-went-to-dc/ https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/why-yc-went-to-dc/ (Edited to be more precise.)

meiraleal 2y ago

The problem for me is that all of them look more of the same. I have a feeling of dejavu every time I see a Show HN of an AI generator, AI nocode, AI supabase, AI PDF scanner, AI monitoring startup. I'm developing an "AI wrapper" myself and I know how difficult it is to create a reliable system using LLM integration and I guess these many similar projects are competing on being the one to create something that won't risk ruining their customers reputation. But I see no differentiation, no eye-catching tech, algorithm, invention. YC and HN used to be the bastion of innovation in tech.