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Ask HN: Why does Y Combinator seem to be consistently funding AI slop?

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skeptical

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negative

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business

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Y Combinator

AI startups

venture capital

This is one of the recent ones that I came across - https://x.com/ycombinator/status/1988366241460089118

Of late it looks like I've been noticing more of such pointless businesses and I'm not alone. What do you think?

The author questions Y Combinator's recent funding decisions, perceiving a trend towards investing in seemingly pointless AI businesses, sparking concern among observers.

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