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To anyone with eyes? Job seekers looking for startups to join, investors looking for places to put money, etc. I'm sorry if your company got accepted into YC,

To anyone with eyes? Job seekers looking for startups to join, investors looking for places to put money, etc. I'm sorry if your company got accepted into YC, better luck next time. At least you can hang out with the founders of... 100 AI-assisted Code Editors, 'The first Travel Credit Card for Gen Z', 'Starbucks memberships for restaurants', 'a video first food delivery app, tiktok meets doordash', and 'the operating system for vacation rentals'. Truly a staggering group of talent. Those are all real companies in W24 btw...

blibble 2y ago
have a look at this, it's hilarious https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=F24&batch=S24&batch=W24 https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=F24&batch=S24&ba... I expect "AI Nip Alert" to show up any day now
- coldcode 2y ago
  Many of these are "Use AI For Something" startups. A few seemed meaningful but most seem destined to fail.
  - fisherjeff 2y ago
    Not going to name names, but so far my favorite has been “AI for [somewhat arcane process]”. I had no idea how “AI” could possibly be of use, so clicked through out of curiosity. Hilariously, it boiled down to “we occasionally use an LLM to email people for you.”
devin 2y ago
hahahaha, wow! I really thought this was a joke list. That’s stunning.
- humansareok1 2y ago
  Yeah not a joke. Straight from the W24 batch page... I'm sure these weren't even the most absurd.
myrmidon 2y ago
"100 AI assisted code editors" is not even an exaggeration. I checked, and over 300 (of ~500) 2024 YC startups have some sort of AI tag. I'm quite curious how the current AI hype is gonna end...
Lionga 2y ago
I was laughing thinking how you made up a list of the most stupid ideas. Just to be baffled they are really fucking there.
rsynnott 2y ago
> The first Travel Credit Card for Gen Z Huh. Is this just that Fyre Festival guy’s thing, only increment the generation by one? More generally, most of these read as parody.

blibble 2y ago

have a look at this, it's hilarious https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=F24&batch=S24&batch=W24 https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=F24&batch=S24&ba... I expect "AI Nip Alert" to show up any day now

coldcode 2y ago
Many of these are "Use AI For Something" startups. A few seemed meaningful but most seem destined to fail.
- fisherjeff 2y ago
  Not going to name names, but so far my favorite has been “AI for [somewhat arcane process]”. I had no idea how “AI” could possibly be of use, so clicked through out of curiosity. Hilariously, it boiled down to “we occasionally use an LLM to email people for you.”

devin 2y ago

hahahaha, wow! I really thought this was a joke list. That’s stunning.

humansareok1 2y ago
Yeah not a joke. Straight from the W24 batch page... I'm sure these weren't even the most absurd.

myrmidon 2y ago

"100 AI assisted code editors" is not even an exaggeration. I checked, and over 300 (of ~500) 2024 YC startups have some sort of AI tag. I'm quite curious how the current AI hype is gonna end...

Lionga 2y ago

I was laughing thinking how you made up a list of the most stupid ideas. Just to be baffled they are really fucking there.

rsynnott 2y ago

> The first Travel Credit Card for Gen Z Huh. Is this just that Fyre Festival guy’s thing, only increment the generation by one? More generally, most of these read as parody.