Dalton & Michael on AI and the future of startups

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July 17, 2023

Dalton & Michael: Will OpenAI Kill All Startups?

AI and LLMs. Will the ever-evolving models grow to consume the idea of startups as we know it, or is this the beginning of a whole new era for startups β€” akin to the arrival of the iPhone?

On the latest episode of Dalton & Michael, YC Group Partners Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel open up about how they feel about AI right now β€” where the conversation around AI tends to go astray, how startups are adopting AI (in ways both good and bad!), and why they’re excited about the people they see starting companies in this field right now.

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Highlights from our founders and other YC news
WSJ on Flowclub (S21): "The New Trick to Getting Work Done: Have a Stranger Watch You"
WSJ
YC is opening up W24 interviews early for AI companies
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Dashworks launches AI assistant to streamline internal knowledge for enterprises
VentureBeat

πŸš€ The Launchpad

Some of the most recent YC companies and product launches 
Quill β€” The financial research assistant
 
Sero AI β€” We help maximize the efficiency and precision of trust and safety moderation
 
Mano β€” Your LLM-powered helping hand
 
Osium AI β€” AI for advanced and sustainable materials discovery
 
PeerDB β€” Modern ETL in minutes, with SQL
 
Unhaze β€” Find the deals you are most likely to close
 
MantleBio β€” Our data platform helps scientists and computational biologists manage and analyze high-throughput experiments
 
Tiptap β€” The developer toolkit for building collaborative apps
 
SID β€” Connect AI apps to your customer's data in an afternoon
 
kapa.ai β€” ChatGPT for developer-facing products
 
RightPage β€” Context-aware automations to give your support team superpowers
 
Santiago β€” Bring your knowledge base to all your critical tools, and ensure it never goes out of date
 
Kino AI β€” Automatically organizes footage so filmmakers can edit faster
 
Leafpress β€” ESG Software for real estate
 
Cyclone β€” An instant coding playground for documentation sites
 
Respaid β€” Collect 9x more small overdue bills with respectful AI 
 
Nectar β€” Making environmental data auditable and easier to collect
 
Aglide β€” Password manager that shows what apps employees have, how much they cost, and whether they’re actually used
 
Sweetspot β€” AI-powered search engine for government contracts 
 
Cerelyze β€” Automatically convert methods discussed in scientific papers into Python code
 
Zelos Cloud β€” The first cloud platform for firmware development and testing
 
Docsum β€” AI contract reviewer for sales teams
 
SantΓ© β€” The all-in-one POS for liquor stores
Find more YC companies and discover new products

πŸ”₯ Hacker News

Top posts from this week
  1. Every time you click this link, it will send you to a random Web 1.0 website | (https://wiby.me/)
     
  2. Kelly Rowland couldn't have used the =HYPERLINK() function to message Nelly | (https://blog.jgc.org/)
     
  3. Displayport: A Better Video Interface | (https://hackaday.com/)
     
  4. Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone | (https://github.com/)
     
  5. Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 | (https://statecraft.beehiiv.com/)
     
  6. Disney, Netflix, and more are fighting FTC's 'click to cancel' proposal | (https://www.businessinsider.com/)
     
  7. Passkeys will come at a cost | (https://fy.blackhats.net.au/)
     
  8. Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request | (https://newpipe.net/)
     
  9. Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share | (https://linuxiac.com/) 
     
  10. Signal president says company will not comply with U.K. β€˜mass surveillance’ law | (https://fortune.com/)
Read more on Hacker News

πŸ’Έ Money Moves

The latest raises and rounds from YC companies
SpeedyBrand (YC W23)
$2.5M
 
TechCrunch: SpeedyBrand uses generative AI to create SEO-optimized content
GradiaHealth (YC W21)
$4.2M Seed
San Francisco
Pulse 2.0: Integrated Concierge Care Platform Gradia Health Closes $4.2 Million In Funding
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