Stripe’s Patrick Collison says AI is lowering shipping costs and making it the best time to build
garrytan · x · 2026-07-27
A repost of takeaways from Patrick Collison’s talk at Y Combinator Startup School, focused on how AI changes the cost of shipping products.
- The big takeaway: “It’s the best time to build.”
- The post notes that founders often think dropping out of college is a huge risk, but Collison argued it is not as bad as people imagine.
- It also highlights Stripe’s own early history: the company spent about two years launching because the team wanted to perfect the product and first impression.
- The broader point is that AI can lower shipping costs and let teams iterate toward polished products much faster.
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