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YC: Requests for Startups
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Re: YC: Requests for Startups
#82I am building a company that falls under two categories (commercial Open Source and developer tools based on internal tools), but I would never take YC money for it. Because of that stake, they want an "exit" in some form, and the drive to that exit will pave the road to user-hostile software and make it the path of least resistance.
I don't know, I would argue that YC might be the best place for Open Source and Dev Tools, because you start along with a large cohort of former and current YC startups who will be willing to try out your product. Plus the YC partners actually have experience in working with successful companies in this space, so that's actually equity that they would deserve.
That being said, dev tools is one of the sectors they have stopped funding, seemingly.
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#83For the AR/VR space, I'm curious about YCs thinking about the addressable market and the possibility to have a unicorn-scale company developing solely for VR/AR in the foreseeable future (that isn't a device manufacturer). The devices seem to be getting better and better, but the software seems rather lacking (currently typing this from a gorgeous giant display on my Vision Pro, which I use mostly exactly like how I…
Augmedix was built off Google Glass, and is a public company. Not a unicorn though.
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#84I created an open sauce project called propertywebbuilder for creating real estate websites many years ago. I got distracted with other projects, but recently I've started looking for someone to work with to life again. If anyone is interested please reach out to me.
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#85I am building a company that falls under two categories (commercial Open Source and developer tools based on internal tools), but I would never take YC money for it. Because of that stake, they want an "exit" in some form, and the drive to that exit will pave the road to user-hostile software and make it the path of least resistance.
> Because of that stake, they want an "exit" in some form
Every single entity who invests in your company wants an exit.
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#86> AI to build enterprise software
One idea is getting rid of backroom office workers, the other is to replace developers. Plenty of underlying sadism here.
Who will peruse Hacker News if no one is a software engineer?
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#87I find it strange that they would write "The hollowing out of US manufacturing has led to social and political division and left us in a precarious place geopolitically." And then suggest the answer to that is robotics and ML, which does nothing but exacerbate the social and political divisions - unless government and enterprise make the hard choices to provide a real safety net. And then, if we do that, it doesn't matter if the US is excelling in manufacturing as a source of revenue or not - providing revenue to fund these programs is coming in from somewhere, the source is far less important.
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#88> AI to build enterprise software One idea is getting rid of backroom office workers, the other is to replace developers. Plenty of underlying sadism here. Who will peruse Hacker News if no one is a software engineer?
The OpenAI web scraper.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your general attitude is exactly the know-nothing, anti-crypto sentiment I was advocating against. I really don’t want to get into a debate, the point of my business idea above was to solve a pain point around paying a global work force considering the costs of global wire transfers vs. instant USDC settlement.
Your response is exactly the trouble with all the crypto-proponents. As soon as their next idea is described in proper terms, they immediately devolve into insults, "you know nothing" and other "oh you're just a blind hater". > the point of my business idea above was to solve a pain point around paying a global work force considering the costs of global wire transfers How much do you think it will cost to "systematic…
Even more to the point: what does crypto add in this scenario? Would the company be just as effective doing all that regulatory work, then handling settlement in local currency? (Or just using USD as the “stablecoin”?)
The best business ideas I’ve heard for crypto inevitably don’t need crypto.
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#90I am building a company that falls under two categories (commercial Open Source and developer tools based on internal tools), but I would never take YC money for it. Because of that stake, they want an "exit" in some form, and the drive to that exit will pave the road to user-hostile software and make it the path of least resistance.
> Because of that stake, they want an "exit" in some form Every single entity who invests in your company wants an exit.
You are absolutely right.
I am bootstrapping. I own 100% of the company.