The End of YC
AI has eroded the value of specialization because, for many tasks, achieving the outcome of several years of experience now takes a $20 ChatGPT subscription.
If a decade ago it took me nine months to gain enough experience to ship a single prototype, now it takes just one week to build a state-of-the-art platform ready to be shipped — a project once... See more
If a decade ago it took me nine months to gain enough experience to ship a single prototype, now it takes just one week to build a state-of-the-art platform ready to be shipped — a project once... See more
Pirate Wires • Agency Is Eating the World
The real revolution might be “AI for the masses at scale.” It’s increasingly clear that it seems to be worth building with the assumption that access to intelligence will continue to rapidly decline in cost, similar to that of computer memory and storage over the past 50 years. Each time the price of intelligence drops, it opens up a new... See more
Please Jailbreak Our AI
I was lucky to begin my startup career in 2009 on the heels of two cataclysmic events: AWS launched in 2006 (cloud computing) and Apple’s App Store followed in 2008 (mobile era). Both of these moments dramatically lowered barriers to entry, and created a level playing field for young, less experienced founders. I wasn’t a builder (I created my... See more