YC's Winter 2027 RFS: AI Bottleneck Shifts from Models to the Real Economy
Y Combinator's Winter 2027 RFS argues AI's bottleneck has shifted beyond models, calling for startups in hardware, infrastructure, and the real economy—including 'AI for the Air-Gapped Economy,' bringing frontier models on-premise for defense, banking, hospitals, and nuclear plants.
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