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i spent the last 8 months talking to YC founders and teams building agents.
most people are thinking about agents the wrong way.
this is a long read, but it’s where the future is headed.
Cathy Di
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Cathy Di
@itsCathyDi
Co-Founder & CEO @dedaluslabs · prev @PrincetonCS @ptonaialignment · we build wings so your agents can fly 🪽
- We just raised an $11M seed to help developers build complex agents across any model and any tool in 5 lines of code. Our round was led by @KindredVentures (@stevejang) and @Saga_Ventures (@maxaltman, @braveben, @itsthomson). At @dedaluslabs, we believe the future of AI agents
00:00 - 5 things i learned from @paulg at the @ycombinator talk today: • he’s a theater kid (self-explanatory) • he self-contradicts quite often (self-acknowledged) • it's been 41 batches & YC founders still haven’t learned to listen to the partners (but they should) • a lot of the
- no one quite knows what the world will be like in 2 years. i certainly don’t. but what i do know is that i have full control over what i do today, and who i do it with. people often don’t realize the amount of agency they have in life. if things are not going well; if youFive minutes before the deadline, @itsCathyDi applied to YC with @dedaluslabs. Months later, she's now running a company that's just raised $11M. The deadline to apply for the winter batch is tonight at 8pm PT - there's still time to get your app in: ycombinator.com/apply
00:00 - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN! free housing in SF for 3 weeks this december. build your startup on @dedaluslabs and we'll help you break in. link in the comments.
02:39Over the past few months at @dedaluslabs, we’ve noticed how many talented founders from around the world are being held back by one thing: location. There is no better place in the world to build an AI startup than San Francisco. SF is home to all the major AI labs, top talent, - build on @dedaluslabs and we'll fly you to SF for free! 👇👇 the past few days since launching Break In, we've received an immense amount of interest from builders all over the world who want to join the program. so today, we're announcing a build-in-public challenge. until
00:00 - Over the past few months at @dedaluslabs, we’ve noticed how many talented founders from around the world are being held back by one thing: location. There is no better place in the world to build an AI startup than San Francisco. SF is home to all the major AI labs, top talent,00:00
- there will never be a better time to found. at the end of day, what matters is doing what makes you feel most alive with the people you choose to call family. so why wait your entire life when you can start. right. now.From dorm rooms to million-dollar companies. You can just do things. And YC can help. Apply to W26 by November 10: ycombinator.com/apply
00:00 - today, yc ended, and our last intern left to go back to college. truly, the end of an era. thank you @ycombinator and the best partner i could ever ask for, @snowmaker, for an unforgettable summer of lots of lows and even more highs. for making magic happen in the least expected
