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Jan 2025
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How To Use AI In Your Startup

Y Combinator
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AI continues to improve at an exponential pace. So what can you do as a founder to take advantage of it?


In this episode of Office Hours, YC Partners discuss what you should consider if you’re thinking about pivoting to or incorporating AI as part of your startup.

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