The main benefit of YC startups is not that they have 10x engineers but rather that they are starting from scratch; hence, the AI works well in a greenfield project.
Enterprise customers are a totally different ball game. Ninety percent is legacy critical code, and some decisions are not made to optimize the dev time.
Also, for Y Combinator startup, let say that the AI introduces a bug. Since there are no customers, no one cares.
Now imagine the same AI introduces a bug in the flight reservation system that was written 20 years ago.
I agree it's not about the 10x engineers or the greenfield. I think YC's selection process is still focused on finding distinguished individuals, but within two specific constraints.
The main benefit of YC startups is not that they have 10x engineers but rather that they are starting from scratch; hence, the AI works well in a greenfield project. Enterprise customers are a totally different ball game. Ninety percent is legacy critical code, and some decisions are not made to optimize the dev time.
Also, for Y Combinator startup, let say that the AI introduces a bug. Since there are no customers, no one cares. Now imagine the same AI introduces a bug in the flight reservation system that was written 20 years ago.
I agree it's not about the 10x engineers or the greenfield. I think YC's selection process is still focused on finding distinguished individuals, but within two specific constraints.