On: Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth

[humansareok1]

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...

[myrmidon → humansareok1]

"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...

[blibble → humansareok1]

have a look at this, it's hilarious

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=F24&batch=S24&ba...

I expect "AI Nip Alert" to show up any day now

[coldcode → blibble]

Many of these are "Use AI For Something" startups. A few seemed meaningful but most seem destined to fail.

[fisherjeff → coldcode]

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 → humansareok1]

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

[humansareok1 → devin]

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

[Lionga → humansareok1]

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