The bottleneck was never the model. It was what the model could reach.
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The Routing Rules File: send cheap work to cheap models without guessing
Resources8 min read
He ships 40 pull requests a day. That is not how he found product-market fit.
Startup Blogs5 min read
They named the regulators as their biggest fear. They were right, for the wrong reason.
YC Applications9 min read
Nvidia has now bought three companies without buying any of them
Startup Blogs4 min read
The AI SDR category didn’t fail. The word “autonomous” did.
Startup Blogs4 min read
“We don’t have any unique advantage” — they wrote that, and got in anyway
YC Applications9 min read
128 releases, zero users: agents made building the procrastination
Startup Blogs4 min read
Mixpanel named the competitor it feared most, in writing
YC Applications5 min read
The AI Startup Layoff Tracker (2024–2026)
Startup Blogs4 min read
58 AI Startup Landing Pages: The Above-the-Fold Move That Converts
Startup Blogs3 min read
Day 0: 84 SaaS Welcome Emails
Resources1 min read
Tinder Pitch Deck
Pitch Decks2 min read
LinkedIn Pitch Deck
Pitch Decks3 min read
Cruise — YC Application (W14)
YC Applications7 min read
GitLab — YC Application (W15)
YC Applications5 min read
Dropbox — YC Application (S07)
YC Applications6 min read
Airbnb Pitch Deck
Pitch Decks2 min read
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