Y Combinator

Thin Harness, Fat Skills: The New Way To Build Software
Gary Tan, YC CEO, details how he shipped hundreds of thousands of lines of code in months after a 13-year hiatus, leveraging AI agents and a "thin harness, fat skills" approach to achieve 400x productivity.

Replit's CEO On The Only Two Jobs Left In The Company Of The Future
Replit's CEO Amjad Masad details how AI is transforming software development, enabling 'AI-native developers' to build complex applications with natural language, and reshaping future companies into lean operations focused on 'builders' and 'salespeople'.

This Startup Catches Fraud at Scale
Variance, an AI startup, emerged from three years of stealth with a $21 million Series A to reveal how its AI agents automate complex fraud and compliance reviews for Fortune 500 companies and marketplaces, replacing slow human processes with self-healing, dynamic systems.

AI Is Unlocking Millions Of New Builders
Emergent, a YC-backed AI platform, has enabled 7 million apps in 8 months by empowering non-technical users to build production-ready software, challenging traditional SaaS and developer roles.
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