Barun Sharma

With so many things happening at a wild pace how do you manage to keep updated Follow me on twitter to be informed of latest AI developments :- https://twitter.com/matchaman11

Personally, I find I m more efficient working remotely or in hybrid positions than in office because there are far fewer distractions. However, there seems to always be more work when working remotely and it s somehow easier for colleagues to demand attention/work even outside of the 9-5 schedule. I ve been building a lot of Google Sheet templates to help improve productivity and I m curious how everyone else is managing time and keeping a healthy work life balance. A lot of days it always seems out of reach.

I spent the weekend analyzing over 100 AI and ML companies from the latest batch of YC. Here are 6 key takeaways that I learned: 1. Lots of developer tools. YC has always filtered for technical founders, and many of them are using AI to do what they know - improve the software developer workflow. 2. Lots of competition. There were many companies that seemed quite similar, either in their product or their use case. Some examples: AI-generated sales emails, AI-generated code, ML model hosting/infrastructure all had multiple companies with very similar descriptions. 3. These companies seem very new. While most YC companies publicly launch during the program, there was a striking number who have only gone live in the last month or so. 4. It's unclear how defensible some of the technology is. I haven't checked under the hood, but some companies seem like thin wrappers around OpenAI's ChatGPT/GPT-4. 5. That said, there are still opportunities for ChatGPT competitors. Large enterprises, healthcare, and government are not going to send sensitive data to OpenAI. This leaves a gap for startups to build on-premise, compliant GPTs for these verticals. 6. Some of the most interesting companies are bringing AI to specialized niches. There s AI for hedge funds, for construction projects, for drug discovery, and more. I can't wait to see what the future holds. You can check out the full list here: https://www.ignorance.ai/p/analy...