Garry Tan: Software moats remain unchanged, but startups only need six employees
Garry Tan · Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: Turning Ambitious Misfits into Founders · Apr 29, 2025 · at 1:55:13
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan discusses how AI drastically reduces headcount requirements for building and scaling software companies.
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“The moats are not different, actually, at the end of the day. It's still, you still have to build good software, you still have to be able to sell, you have to retain customers, you have to But you just don't need like a thousand people for it anymore. You might only need six people.”
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