YC's S26 Batch Called One of Its Weirdest and Most Hardcore Yet
ryanbed · x · 2026-09-06
Founders are calling YC's S26 batch one of the "weirdest ever" — in a good way: companies tackling real unsolved problems rather than reskins of existing products with "AI" on top. Commenters see it as a preview of what future companies will look like, though no specific startups are named.
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