YC President Garry Tan: Entire Startups Could Just Be Markdown Files in the AI Era
garrytan · x · 2026-08-12
Speaking at Startup School, YC President Garry Tan highlighted that AI is changing something deeper than productivity by turning a worker’s accumulated judgment into a durable asset.
He emphasized that the boundary between specification and product is dissolving. As AI agents can read instructions and use tools, entire startups' products could effectively become Markdown files that AI operates autonomously.
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