@FinanceYF5: Someone went through all 196 companies and 395 founders of YC's 2026 spring batch. 95% of this batch use AI, 85% are AI-native: AI is not a feature added to the product, AI itself is the product. Out of 196, only 10 don't touch AI at all. But…
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Someone analyzed the 196 startups from YC's 2026 spring batch and found that 95% use AI, 85% are AI-native, and the real keyword is agents rather than AI.
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🧵Someone went through all 196 companies and 395 founders from YC’s 2026 Spring Batch.
In this batch, 95% use AI, 85% are AI-native: AI is not a feature added to the product — AI itself is the product. Only 10 out of 196 don’t touch AI at all.
But the real keyword is not “AI”, it’s “agents”. https://t.co/lAsmeaaLfg
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