Garry Tan: become a domain-specific harness or die a system of record
AccBalanced · x · 2026-09-13
YC CEO Garry Tan riffed on the tech industry's cycle of paradigm shifts — mainframe, PC, client-server, web/SaaS/cloud, mobile, and now AI/agentic — which keeps spawning new HR and CRM companies each round.
His takeaway: "Either you die a system of record or you live long enough to become a domain-specific harness," suggesting traditional SaaS record systems will be rebuilt as domain-specific agent harnesses in the agentic era.
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