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AI is collapsing the cost of building software—a quarter of YC startups now have 95% of their code written by AI, and some teams are hitting $10M in revenue with fewer than 10 people—which is shifting the scarce resource from engineering to judgment, taste, and knowing what to build. The energy grid is struggling to keep up, with data centers projected to consume 10% of US electricity by 2028, making power infrastructure the next binding constraint on the AI boom. Meanwhile, YC's Summer 2026 application window just closed, with a live side door still open through a Product Hunt launch this Friday.

SF Is Winning the AI Race. Politicians Want to Kill It.
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SF Is Winning the AI Race. Politicians Want to Kill It.

San Francisco is the only tech hub in America with growing startup formation—and city hall is doing everything it can to drive companies out.

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Startup Exits Double Every Five Years
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Startup Exits Double Every Five Years

Hard data proves the abundance machine is accelerating—while pessimists run scarcity scripts from an obsolete world.

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Boil the Ocean
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Boil the Ocean

Artificial Superintelligence means it is time to stop playing it safe and raise our ambitions

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California Is Killing the Golden Goose
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California Is Killing the Golden Goose

The Robinhood CEO says he loves this state. That's why his warning should terrify Sacramento.

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Airbnb's Cofounder Is Redesigning America
Tech State Capacity

Airbnb's Cofounder Is Redesigning America

Joe Gebbia went from selling cereal to fund a startup to becoming the nation's first Chief Design Officer. Now he's fixing government.

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Mahan Takes Fire From Both Sides—And Wins
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Mahan Takes Fire From Both Sides—And Wins

A billionaire spending $27 million attacks a mayor for having tech support. The irony writes itself.

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From Zero to 2,000: Mahan's Housing Miracle
Housing & YIMBY Tech

From Zero to 2,000: Mahan's Housing Miracle

San Jose built ZERO market rate homes in 2024. Then Matt Mahan cut the fees, and everything changed.

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We Used to Build Things. What Happened?
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We Used to Build Things. What Happened?

From the Panama Canal to parklet regulations—why it’s time for Americans to reclaim technology, growth, and the abundance that once defined it.

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