Patrick Collison thinks the lean startup playbook is losing its edge, a recap says

A September 7, 2026 recap of Patrick Collison's Startup School interview describes his view that the lean startup playbook is losing its edge as more people have the tools to pursue niches. His alternative, according to the recap, is to start from a position nobody else is trying to occupy. The recap also says new business formation on Stripe was running just under 2x year over year—the largest relative jump the company had recorded. On AI, it describes his argument that knowing something yourself is much faster than asking a model. It says he still writes everything himself and has yet to read an AI-generated essay he found compelling.