Techno optimism for technical founders
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There's an ongoing debate about whether AI scaling laws will hold or hit a wall in the near future.
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As LLMs continue to improve, it's clear that vertical AI agents are key to the next generation of bi
Suhail Doshi, a YC alumni who previously founded Mixpanel and Mighty, has created a state-of-the-art
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Is the latest excitement around AI just another round of dot-com or crypto-style hype? The Lightcone
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As AI continues to evolve and advance, a line of thinking has emerged that humans will no longer nee
There's been a lot of news lately about the updates to some of the largest foundational AI model
Last month, YC hosted Startup School East, a one-day event in Boston for university students. As par
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YC has become a surprising force in the hard tech world, funding startups building physical products
If you read articles about companies like OpenAI and Anthropic training foundation models, it would
