Y Combinator RFS: Vertical Foundation Models Can Beat General AI With a Fraction of the Compute
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-28
YC's Sdianahu's RFS item "Vertical Foundation Models" argues that while general-purpose AI keeps getting more capable, many industrial problems don't need a giant model that does everything.
Specialized foundation models for manufacturing, energy, and biology could match or beat general models with a fraction of the compute, learning new tasks from little or no labeled data.
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