Charlie Warren
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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You don't need to be there right away, that's okay, but the trajectory has to be believable.
Okay, last but not least, don't try to buy your way in.
There's a temptation we've seen, especially among founders with some operating background, to try and buy an existing services business.
Add some AI on top, short circuit the revenue.
This is generally a trap.
There's one decent reason to do it.
You need a regulatory moat fast.
Insurance licensing, for example.
But otherwise, this almost never works.
So why is that?
You just can't acquire a product market fit.
Legacy service businesses are, you know, legacy.
They have different expectations on metrics, hiring, and performance.
Adding AI on top of that doesn't immediately change any of those realities.
Building is almost always better than buying.
Okay, to recap, AI services companies present an incredible opportunity for today's founders, but these are fundamentally different startups to build.
If you avoid the traps and focus on the process as the product and the product as the process, you have a chance to create a generational company.
We're excited to see what you build and hope you apply to YC.
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