> In a video titled “Vibe Coding Is the Future,” Friedman, along with YC CEO Garry Tan, managing partner Harj Taggar, and general partner Diana Hu, discussed th

> In a video titled “Vibe Coding Is the Future,” Friedman, along with YC CEO Garry Tan, managing partner Harj Taggar, and general partner Diana Hu, discussed the trend of using natural language and instincts to create code. how many YC-backed startups (in general, not just the current batch) have products based in some way on LLM code-generation? it seems like there's a significant chance for a conflict of interest here, where YC has an incentive to build up hype about LLM-generated codebases in order to benefit their overall portfolio. will we see a follow-up story several months or a year from now, comparing how these startups have fared relative to the other 3/4ths of the batch? if one of them is a success, probably. if all of them fizzle out...maybe not.