I've added a new question to the list I consider during office hours with YC startups. As well as "Can we induce network effects?" and "Would it make sense to go full-stack?" I now ask "Can we make this AI-proof?" Can we ensure this company still exists if AIs do most work?
Usually the solution involves making the product useful to agents. It's especially good if you can enable agents to interact with one another. Then you're safe the way marketplaces are. Unless a single model company wins. Then all bets are off.
I've added a new question to the list I consider during office hours with YC startups. As well as "Can we induce network effects?" and "Would it make sense to go full-stack?" I now ask "Can we make this AI-proof?" Can we ensure this company still exists if AIs do most work?
I've added a new question to the list I consider during office hours with YC startups. As well as "Can we induce network effects?" and "Would it make sense to go full-stack?" I now ask "Can we make this AI-proof?" Can we ensure this company still exists if AIs do most work?
Positive users praise Paul Graham adding an 'AI-proof' question to YC evaluations as cutting-edge and beneficial, while negative users call the defensive framing misguided and urge embracing AI advances instead.
Usually the solution involves making the product useful to agents. It's especially good if you can enable agents to interact with one another. Then you're safe the way marketplaces are. Unless a single model company wins. Then all bets are off.
I've added a new question to the list I consider during office hours with YC startups. As well as "Can we induce network effects?" and "Would it make sense to go full-stack?" I now ask "Can we make this AI-proof?" Can we ensure this company still exists if AIs do most work?