AI is collapsing the cost of building software so fast that a quarter of YC startups now have 95% of their code written by machines—and the bottleneck has shifted from engineering to taste, judgment, and physical infrastructure. The latest dispatches cover everything from open-source memory architecture for AI agents to the power grid crisis that could choke the whole boom. YC's Summer 2026 application window just closed, but a Product Hunt partnership is keeping a side door open through this Friday.
AI agents are flooding the information landscape. Building your own OSINT defenses isn't optional anymore.
A landmark study proves what YIMBYs knew: zoning boards in SF and NYC cost the entire country trillions.
The San Jose mayor who actually cut homelessness 23% wants to bring his results-first approach statewide.
The numbers prove SF is the undisputed capital of innovation. So why are California politicians hellbent on driving it away?
California Forever just brokered the largest construction labor agreement in American history. YIMBY is winning.
Former supporters organize against the congressman as his wealth tax crusade threatens to tank the Bay Area economy.
Business and labor unite for the largest construction agreement ever—now they're calling California's bluff to break ground in 2026.
Founders are already planning their escape routes. YC's strategy: leave after Series B, go distributed. "Suboptimal, but we know how to do this."
San Jose's mayor is weighing a run—and his track record of actually fixing homelessness has founders begging him to go statewide.
The YIMBY ringleader is running for Congress on housing wins, tough-on-crime bills, and a decade of fighting for algebra.