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Y Combinator's view is that the cost for a given level of AI intelligence is decreasing by approximately 10x per year.
Pure software companies like Calendly and DocuSign are considered "basically dead" as their products are now too easy to replicate with AI.
Some Y Combinator companies are now achieving $1 million in Annual Recurring Revenue by the end of the batch, a milestone previously considered unheard of.
U.S. export restrictions on frontier AI models have created a market for sovereign AI and inference capabilities in other countries.
A Y Combinator-funded founder building small nuclear reactors is expected to need to raise approximately $800 million next year.
Within the next 12 months, AI systems will likely automatically route user queries to the most appropriate and cost-effective model without user intervention.
Y Combinator provides its startups with $1 million in free tokens and offers for millions more.
Y Combinator advises its founders not to worry excessively about AI costs, as they are expected to resolve themselves over time due to rapid price reductions.
San Francisco is the biggest global hub for building a startup, with London and Paris being secondary options.
GoCardless was one of fewer than five companies that formed the initial kernel of the London startup ecosystem.
The most ambitious founders should strongly consider locating their startups in San Francisco.
Y Combinator is experimenting with a feature that allows founders to book office hours with a virtual AI partner.