YC asks founders to look for ideas that are newly possible with AI
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-24
The YC account reposts a prompt for aspiring founders: instead of asking what is possible with today’s LLMs, ask what has become newly possible with the next wave of technology.
The note argues that ideas once impossible may now be viable — even mentioning that some previously unsolved math problems can be tackled with a few prompts — and asks students to think about what they can build now that was out of reach before.
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