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.
Austin built apartments and rents dropped 15%. Pro-housing politicians need to stop apologizing for market-rate housing.