Indie veteran yongfook: AI lets solo founders tackle VC-scale big ideas
aakashgupta · x · 2026-09-04
Indie hacker veteran yongfook (founder of Bannerbear) commented after seeing Squad: pre-AI, indiehackers were best served by niche ideas; Squad is a "big idea" of the type usually tackled by VC-funded companies — and now indies can take those on.\n\nHis takeaway: it's no longer clear what advantage funding gets you in 2026.
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