YC says cheaper AI is reopening nearly every consumer category
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-23
The thread argues that three years into the AI era, ChatGPT is still the only new icon on most home screens, but cheaper and better intelligence is reopening nearly every consumer category.
It points to education, health, finance, entertainment, transportation, and social connection as areas where new AI-first consumer giants can still emerge.
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