YC's Garry Tan: We Are Entering the Era of Personal AGI
ycombinator · x · 2026-08-07
At Startup School 2026, YC President Garry Tan introduced the concept of "Personal AGI." He argues that the next generation of startups will be built by smaller teams, emphasizing that AI agents should run on founders' own infrastructure to compound knowledge over time.
He stresses that founders should own their intelligence rather than renting it, which dramatically increases their ability to build independently while securing their data.
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