Why “startup” is being discussed
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Show HN: Planning software for startup teams
by aminaghakazemi · Oct 13, 2026 · 1 points
This is interesting but sounds insane to me. At my startup the code has been 100% written by AI agents for the past 6 months. It’s like John Henry vs the Steam engine, time to g…
by bryan0 · Oct 13, 2026
There really ought to be a market for a little device that goes between the IoT/industrial device and the rest of the world and that acts like a fancy, self-updating proxy.…
by amluto · Oct 13, 2026
> going from 50M of <thing> per day to 2B <thing> per day will break pretty much any system Okay, and? GitHub chose this. They explicitly market it as a pro-AI platform. They li…
by crote · Oct 12, 2026
> firms finds that human code review forms a significant “bottleneck” for the overall efficiency of AI coding tools true, but what if you just don't use skills & multipasses to…
by dathinab · Oct 12, 2026
So what you're telling us is that there is tremendous opportunity for a startup to disrupt the space with new Refrigeration-as-a-Service (RaaS) products controlled by AI. That w…
by nradov · Oct 12, 2026
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A startup or start-up is a company or project typically undertaken by an entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship includes all new businesses including self-employment and businesses that do not intend to go public, startups are new businesses that intend to grow large beyond the solo-founder. At the early stages, startups face significant uncertainty and high rates of failure. However, a minority achieve notable success and influence, with some growing into unicorns, private companies valued at over US$1 billion. Startups are typically characterized by an innovative stance, a potential for rapid growth, external funding, and vulnerability. Read more on Wikipedia