Inside YC’s Boldest RFS Yet: AI, Agents & More

I'm glad that companies raise money because otherwise I would be out of a job. But the best money is money from the customers, not from the investors.

So if you really can skip it, why not? I can tell you that today I don't see any company skipping fund raise and demo day

because when you're at YC, you're always commending a slightly higher valuation than usual, especially if you're in the

sort of the top of the batch in terms of revenue.

Did you know that Y Combinator is giving you every quarter a list of specific