Ex-OpenAI researcher's joke YC application: building Eva on π API, TAM 'entire civilization'
arankomatsuzaki · x · 2026-10-16
arankomatsuzaki (ex-OpenAI) posted a tongue-in-cheek YC application: build Eva using the π (Physical Intelligence) API, with a TAM of "entire civilization" and a $10B seed round.
Pure AI-circle humor, but it lands because it satirizes the inflated TAM narratives and mega-rounds in embodied AI right now.
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