YC talks to Dust founder Stanislas Polu about building AI teammates across companies
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-24
Dust is building AI teammates for companies, and YC sat down with founder Stanislas Polu to unpack how the startup has evolved alongside frontier models.
- Dust focuses on AI that works across an organization rather than a single app.
- Polu, a former OpenAI researcher, has spent three years building while model capabilities moved quickly.
- The interview covers why being model-agnostic can be a moat, how frontier labs changed fundraising dynamics, why Dust raised less on purpose, and what it is like building in France.
- YC also highlights the tension of building a startup in a market where frontier labs can enter directly.
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