Garry Tan: Personal AI is in its Homebrew era — you must own your skills and memory
garrytan · x · 2026-09-29
Y Combinator president Garry Tan builds on @rsarver's argument that personal AI will be hugely important and works best when it knows everything about you — exactly what you shouldn't hand to a platform whose business depends on it.
He compares today to the Homebrew Computer Club era of personal computing, and argues the winning version will be one where users own their own skills and memory.
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