Didn’t YC themselves say ideas that are just “X for Y” typically ngmi?

Chasing Curiosity. People, Nature, Machines. Hakuna Matata, "Its a problem-free philosophy.”

I think it’s say “X for Y” to get VCs to pay up. But go be original. 

Problem is young founders always forget the second.

YC lowkey kind of pushes this framing. VCs suck this shit up. 

Though mostly it’s unoriginal

What was Uber worth when everyone was doing gig economy startups?

apparently doesn’t apply when X worth 9 bil

A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS.

shazow.net

Currently: WhatsABI

💯 on the vibe, very beta

Seeing all these listed out make me wonder if single purpose apps have peaked.

something about needing to describe your startup in terms of another startup has ngmi energy

I think that's confusing what YC actually said. "X for Y" is a fine shorthand when explaining something, but the goal should be to become X other people use when they say "X for Y".

Startup artist seeking inspiration.  Champion of /bcard

The fact that everything is Cursor for X gives me the ick.  Like gimme a Google for X.  Or Uber for X

iirc "x for y" was literally in their application form when i applied back in 2013?

These teams are coached to communicate simply and the way investors think. Devil is in the details (team/insight).