@garrytan: Be profitable and run your company with maximal agentic loops You don’t need to sell more of your co anymore $10M profi…
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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan argues startups should aim for profitability and leverage agentic AI loops instead of relying on venture funding, pushing back on complaints about the Series A/B funding crunch.
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Be profitable and run your company with maximal agentic loops
You don’t need to sell more of your co anymore
$10M profit per year reinvested is like an annual Series A no dilution
The best startups do this now. No whinging about the Series A/B crunch.
You don’t need saving.
Rohit Mittal (@rohitdotmittal): Series A and Series B are the hardest rounds for founders today.
Founders launch a vertical AI SaaS company. They reach 1M-3M ARR in 2 years or 5M-10M in 3-4 years.
They go out to market with their 1x-3x growth. Almost no interest from investors.
If it’s not the right
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