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A quarter of startups in YC’s current cohort have codebases that are almost entirely AI-generated


With the release of new AI models that are better at coding, developers are increasingly using AI to generate code. One of the newest examples is the

A quarter of the W25 startup batch have 95% of their codebases generated by AI, YC managing partner Jared Friedman said during a conversation posted on YouTube. During the discussion, Hu said that even if product builders rely heavily on AI, one skill they would have to be good at is reading the code and finding bugs. Tan also agreed on the point of founders needing classical coding training to sustain products in the long run.

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