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On the Airtable (200M rev) shift from bottoms up to enterprise top down...it seems like a similar shift is occurring at Zapier (140M rev). Bet on this also being in the likely future for Notion (>100M rev?) as well.

I think ChatGPT is becoming the ultimate example of YC's definition of PMF: "product is being grabbed from you faster than you can make it"

Holy shit this is actually real.

The speed at which GPT3 powered email writers are being launched is insane...how do you win here when a competitor seems to emerge every 48 hours with the same UI and underlying tech?

Sums up some startup advisors I've met

Pretty disappointing to see some in the Aussie VC and startup community making fun of this situation

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Even more true if you are a solo founder. Massive upside to the sheer density of founder community here.

nothing like a YC reunion w/thousands of alums to make it feel like SF is best place to be in the world

Interesting perspective from Sam Altman at the YC Reunion: "people are less forgiving of AI making mistakes than human making mistakes".

Sam and Greg coming back to Open AI on the condition of sweeping corp governance changes and "cleaning house" would be best case scenario. We'd get back to pre-Nov 17 coup Open AI and they would double down on the direction they were headed. Hoping this is the story arc here.

Money from tech success in the US goes back into the next-gen of startups via angel cheques. I suspect most money from tech success in Aus becomes downpayments for investment properties. The change to the sophisticated investor test will only cement this further.

Big win from the UNSW + YC pipeline 🍾