Silicon Valley influencer lists 39 Agent-era startup ideas: stop building software
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-28
A Silicon Valley startup influencer compiled 39 AI startup ideas, all following the same formula of "incumbent company + Agent version," and notes incumbents have already shipped 10 of them. His core argument: in the Agent era, startups should avoid building software—since that's what Agents handle easily—and instead build services that Agents can't conveniently do. He breaks this down into why software won't work, which three categories of services to pursue, and how to scale them.
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