Jared Friedman

American entrepreneur and angel investor

1. It's that it's not just that people are shying away from funding software businesses, but it's actually that the super smart models that we have now are actually accelerating scientific research and making it possible for startups to have bigger research breakthroughs earlier.

   Jared Friedman · Y Combinator Startup Podcast · The State of Startups in 2026 · 2026-09-18

2. In the last 2 years, YC has funded more than a dozen companies that are each making more than $10 million a year selling data or RL environments to the labs.

   Jared Friedman · Y Combinator Startup Podcast · The State of Startups in 2026 · 2026-09-18

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• Y Combinator Startup Podcast · The State of Startups in 2026 · 2026-09-18
• Y Combinator Startup Podcast · Open Models Change The Economics of AI · 2026-09-12
• Y Combinator Startup Podcast · Building the First Data Centers in Space · 2026-08-05
• Y Combinator Startup Podcast · Jeff Dean: The 1% Rule for Building in AI · 2026-08-01
• Y Combinator Startup Podcast · Why Domain Experts Are Winning In The Age Of AI · 2026-06-19
• Y Combinator Startup Podcast · "The CEO Must Be the Chief AI Officer" · 2026-06-10