What Surprised Us Most In 2025
Y Combinator·2025-12-22 15:01
I think perhaps the thing that most surprised me is the extent to which I feel like the AI economy stabilized. We have like the model layer companies and the application layer companies and the infrastructure layer companies. Seems like everyone is going to make a a lot of money and there's kind of like a relative playbook for how to build an AI native company on top of the models.Many episodes ago, we talked about how it was felt easier than ever to pivot and find a startup idea because if you could just s ...