software

10 statements across 10 episodes · 7 bullish · 2 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Mar 7, 2018 by Michael Seibel · across every show →

Everything said about software, oldest first

Mar 7, 2018 bearish
Insight
Seibel: Value of founder networking and raising large capital is declining
“Especially in the days now where you can write software with relatively little money that has relatively large impact. Like the value of networking and being able to raise large amounts of money is less and less.”
Michael Seibel Mar 7, 2018 ▶ 24:03 Michael Seibel - Startup Investor School Day 2 · Y Combinator
Oct 3, 2018 neutral
Insight
Iorns: Biotechs cannot pivot like software because science either works or fails
“Biotechs are different because you can't really change the outcome of the science. Like the science is the science. So either it works or it doesn't work. And that's very different than software where you can actually, you know, pivot around and keep developin…”
Elizabeth Iorns Oct 3, 2018 ▶ 30:36 A Conversation with Elizabeth Iorns - Advice for Biotech Founders · Y Combinator
Jul 10, 2019 positive
Insight
Nahm: A product's true identity is defined by customer word-of-mouth
“Like you can think that you're delivering this game changing such and such platform, something, something, but like what your customers say about you or what they say to their friends when they're talking about your software, I mean, that's ultimately who you …”
Sarah Nahm Jul 10, 2019 ▶ 14:04 Startup Hiring Advice from Lever CEO Sarah Nahm with Holly Liu · Y Combinator
Jul 25, 2024 negative
Insight
Blomfield: Cost-plus pricing always results in underpriced software
“Some people like to do a cost plus a margin pricing, and it just always ends up with you underpricing your software.”
Tom Blomfield Jul 25, 2024 ▶ 4:38 How To Price For B2B | Startup School · Y Combinator
Mar 13, 2025 positive
Opinion
Field: Design offers the opportunity to differentiate software in the AI era
“My point of view is that design has the opportunity to differentiate software at this age of AI, where we'll see whole new workflows emerge, where designers, engineers, product will work together in different ways than maybe they're doing today, or at least di…”
Dylan Field Mar 13, 2025 ▶ 1:17 Figma's Dylan Field: Exploring the idea maze, vibe coding, and the power of “locking in” · Y Combinator
Mar 28, 2025 positive
Insight
Schaad: Code gives designers direct control of production to build companies
“That is really changing now where designers can essentially through software, through code can actually be really close To building the object. Right. Versus kind of like, you know, back in the day, maybe it's furniture or like other objects. And so I think th…”
Raphael Schaad Mar 28, 2025 ▶ 2:49 What Founders Can Do To Improve Their Design Game · Y Combinator
Jul 8, 2025 bullish
Insight
Taggar: AI startups command higher pricing by selling work rather than software
“Things that seem like they were niche before AI, you can get people to pay you a lot, lot more money for because they're not just buying software, they're buying like work from you.”
Harj Taggar Jul 8, 2025 ▶ 37:22 How to Spend Your 20s in the AI Era · Y Combinator
Sep 12, 2025 positive
Opinion
Masad: Software creation is shifting from expert-only to accessible to anyone
“I think today software is going through the same transition from something that only experts do to something that anyone can do.”
Amjad Masad Sep 12, 2025 ▶ 2:01 The Future of Software Creation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad · Y Combinator
Oct 7, 2025 positive
Opinion
Fisher: AI code automation may raise software quality bar significantly
“I think another outcome actually is the opposite. It's like maybe all of this automation on, on generating code makes it easier to just raise the quality bar extremely high.”
Jordan Fisher Oct 7, 2025 ▶ 6:45 Ask These Questions Before Starting An AI Startup · Y Combinator
Jul 26, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2031
Huang: Most software will be built agentically, elevating systems thinking
“In the case of software most software is going to be done agentically anyhow, so you have to be much more able to think abstractly about systems.”
Jensen Huang Jul 26, 2026 ▶ 20:38 Jensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIA · Y Combinator
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