75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
1–10 of 14 posts
Re: 75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
#2I mean, that's where all the current hype and VC is, so it's not too surprising.
From my layman's perspective, the collapse of SVB seems to have tightened the belt on the startup scene, with AI-hype bubble(?) being the only viable escape hatch.
Re: 75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
#3I mean, that's where all the current hype and VC is, so it's not too surprising. From my layman's perspective, the collapse of SVB seems to have tightened the belt on the startup scene, with AI-hype bubble(?) being the only viable escape hatch.
Interest rates, not SVB have caused the belt tightening.
Re: 75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
#4I mean, that's where all the current hype and VC is, so it's not too surprising. From my layman's perspective, the collapse of SVB seems to have tightened the belt on the startup scene, with AI-hype bubble(?) being the only viable escape hatch.
Interest rates, not SVB have caused the belt tightening.
One service that SVB provided that is uncommon for a typical bank is venture debt financing. I'm curious what percent of venture debt financing was provided by SVB, how big the market for that was before SVB collapsed, and how much venture debt financing is done now.
Re: 75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
#5I mean, that's where all the current hype and VC is, so it's not too surprising. From my layman's perspective, the collapse of SVB seems to have tightened the belt on the startup scene, with AI-hype bubble(?) being the only viable escape hatch.
Well in a way, the hype train killed SVB.
Re: 75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
#6I mean, that's where all the current hype and VC is, so it's not too surprising. From my layman's perspective, the collapse of SVB seems to have tightened the belt on the startup scene, with AI-hype bubble(?) being the only viable escape hatch.
What specific link between SVB and belt tightening do you see?
SVB was pretty much a non event for the vast majority of companies and people. And 3 months after the collapse I didn't see a single story about it in the startup scene.
What link are you drawing and what data are you basing it on?
Re: 75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
#7[deleted]
Re: 75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
#8meh. they probably require a ai pseudo feature in the deck because investors will not touch it otherwise. just like you needed SaaS a few years ago
Re: 75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
#9New starup idea: build an AI that generates slidedecks with exactly the buzzword soup VCs are looking for this week.
Obviously using reinforcement learning :)
Re: 75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups
#10I mean, that's where all the current hype and VC is, so it's not too surprising. From my layman's perspective, the collapse of SVB seems to have tightened the belt on the startup scene, with AI-hype bubble(?) being the only viable escape hatch.
What specific link between SVB and belt tightening do you see? SVB was pretty much a non event for the vast majority of companies and people. And 3 months after the collapse I didn't see a single story about it in the startup scene. What link are you drawing and what data are you basing it on?
I already admitted to being a layman, but I'm referring to SVBs venture debt offerings. I was under the understanding that the SVB collapse was so devastating (and the reason there was the government bailout that went above FDIC) was because the lucrative venture debt offerings SVB had were contingent on having all your money and payroll through the SVB account.