2024: The Year the GPT Wrapper Myth Proved Wrong

2024 has been quite the year to be part of the startup ecosystem! As we wind down and get ready for the holidays and the new year, the Lightcone hosts reflect on this year’s biggest startup trends, moments and setbacks.

0:00 Coming up
1:00 What made 2024 great for startups
13:55 Tech and gov’t intersecting more
15:37 Who else in tech had W’s in 2024?
20:48 Voice AI has a lot of potential applications
23:17 Robotics is on the rise
25:57 What were the big flops of 2024?
27:54 AI coding really broke out in 2024
29:00 Is startup hiring going to change?
34:43 YC in person Demo Day is back!
36:50 San Francisco optimism + outro

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0:00 Coming up
1:00 What made 2024 great for startups
13:55 Tech and gov’t intersecting more
15:37 Who else in tech had W’s in 2024?
20:48 Voice AI has a lot of potential applications
23:17 Robotics is on the rise
25:57 What were the big flops of 2024?
27:54 AI coding really broke out in 2024
29:00 Is startup hiring going to change?
34:43 YC in person Demo Day is back!
36:50 San Francisco optimism + outro

[jayjreno]

This is undoubtedly the best source for AI news in startups. Thanks YC!

[marioornot]

Thank you for uploading these. You guys are the best!

[trndsettrlabs]

You guys should redo your XR and agent part of this talk. 1 day and this is already outdated lol with Android XR and Gemini 2.0 news.

[qet-lab]

What happened to the computing resources at startup school. Now more than ever we need them especially GPUs.

[geepytee]

YC's stance on hardware is so d/acc

[improv]

LOL 24 MONTHS. NOOBS.
SAM COULD DO BETTER.