Interesting trends from recent yc batches:
- ~25% are vibe coded
- Team sizes are shrinking - often under 10
- Multiple startups hit $10m arr within 12 months
- Avg ~10% week on week growth across last 3 batches
We're officially in the speedrun era of startups & ai 🚀
AI is a tool, not the goal.
The rules of building haven't changed: solve a real problem, or no one cares.
Unless you're just chasing VC money - but even they want to see revenue now.
So stop slapping AI on everything.
A GPT wrapper with no real use case is just fooling yourself.
@GEMoving@Createra_ 「The World Before Afterland」Metaverse for you and all of your fans 💜🧡
Please definitely let us know if you guys are still up for it! Thanks so much and really look forward!!
@GEMoving Dear GEM, I'm Jessie from @Createra_, a metaverse company funded by a16z. We're huge fans of you and would really love to work with you on building The Afterland Metaverse for you and your fans to continue the beautiful love story and interactive experiences for your fans 💜🧡