Garry Tan Says Seasoned Founders Thrive in AI Era
Replies from investors affirm the advantage for experienced founders using domain knowledge.
Garry Tan posted that seasoned founders age like fine wine in the age of intelligence due to domain expertise. The discussion references a Stanford chart showing unicorn founders averaging age 40 by 2020 as typical founders trend younger. Alfred Lin replied that experienced founders still have time to succeed. Other participants including Ryan Hoover, Cyan Banister, and Parker Conrad joined the exchange, with some noting AI agents amplify the edge for those in their 40s while questioning if ages have shifted since the chart ended.
Seasoned founders in the age of intelligence are aging like fine wine
The founder in their 40s with taste and discernment is the new gentleman unicorn founder Because there can be 100x to 1000x of them working at their beck and call via agents and software factories all the time https://twitter.com/gjarrosson/status/2073799298110665142
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Alfred Lin@Alfred_Lin@garrytan There's still time for us Garry
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GT Garry Tan@garrytanSeasoned founders in the age of intelligence are aging like fine wine
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PC Parker Conrad@parkerconrad@garrytan I am very much in favor of "old" founders, having the misfortune to be considered one myself at this point. But that chart ends in 2020! I suspect things have trended WAY younger in the last 3 years.
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GT Garry Tan@garrytanSeasoned founders in the age of intelligence are aging like fine wine
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RH NR Naveen Rao@NaveenGRao@garrytan Another trend: 50 yo founders still feel like their 25 (speaking from experience ;) )
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