Product market fit

How To Pick A Startup Idea

How To Pick A Startup Idea

Jon Xu, a YC General Partner, argues against the "perfect idea" trap and juggling multiple startup concepts. He advocates for founders to commit deeply to a single idea, immersing themselves in customer problems to the point of understanding their business intimately. This approach, especially vital in the AI era, involves building at the frontier of technology, verticalizing to own outcomes, and aiming for the most ambitious version of a solution, ultimately yielding invaluable insights and potential for pivot, even if the initial idea doesn't succeed.

From Zapier for Devs to Powering 90% AI Agents

From Zapier for Devs to Powering 90% AI Agents

Co-founders of Trigger.dev discuss their journey through three product versions to find product-market fit, how their async infrastructure positioned them perfectly for the AI agent era, and their vision for the future of computing: programmatic checkpoint and restore.

Magic Patterns: The AI Design Tool for Product Teams

Magic Patterns: The AI Design Tool for Product Teams

Founders Alex and Teddy of Magic Patterns discuss their journey from numerous pivots to building a profitable, $1M ARR AI design tool with a two-person team. They share insights on finding product-market fit by focusing on customer obsession, the technical details of their prompt-to-prototype platform, and their experience in YC.

RevenueCat: Powering Subscriptions for the App Economy

RevenueCat: Powering Subscriptions for the App Economy

In a YC interview, RevenueCat co-founders Jacob Eiting and Miguel Carranza discuss their journey from experiencing the pain of in-app purchases to building a critical piece of infrastructure for the mobile economy. They cover their early-stage conviction, the keys to selling to developers, and the operational and personal lessons learned while scaling to a globally distributed team.

Juicebox: AI Agents for the Hiring Process

Juicebox: AI Agents for the Hiring Process

Co-founders David Paffenholz and Ishan Gupta share their journey building Juicebox, an AI recruiting platform. They discuss their pivot from a music app to leveraging LLMs for talent search, how they achieved product-market fit, and their vision for AI agents that automate top-of-funnel recruiting.

Numeral: Building the Global Tax Platform

Numeral: Building the Global Tax Platform

Co-founder Sam Ross discusses Numeral's journey from a personal e-commerce pain point to a venture-backed global tax platform. He covers the market opportunity created by outdated incumbents, the 'do things that don't scale' approach to finding product-market fit, lessons from fundraising, and how Numeral leverages AI to automate complex compliance workflows, shifting from a tool to a full-service solution.