by Zagreus2142
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- Can someone give the counter argument to my initial cynical read of this? That read being: OpenAI has more money than it can invest productively within it's own company and is trying to cast a net to find new product ideas via an incubator?
I can't imagine Softbank or Microsoft is happy about their money being funneled into something like this and it implies they have run out of ideas internally. But I think I'm probably being too reflexively cynical
by atleastoptimal
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- Almost every parent comment on this is negative. Why is there such an anti-OpenAI bias on a forum run by YCombinator, basically the pseudo-parent of OpenAI?
It seems that there is a constant motive to view any decision made by any big AI company on this forum at best with extreme cynicism and at worse virulent hatred. It seems unwise for a forum focused on technology and building the future to be so opposed to the companies doing the most to advance the most rapidly evolving technological domain at the moment.
- > pre-idea individuals
First time I am hearing this term. It is a euphemism like pre-owned cars (instead of used cars).
What does this mean? People who do not yet have any idea? Weird.
by minimaxir
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- Sam clearly misses Y Combinator.
- "pre-idea individuals"
Next up, we're funding prenatal individuals.
- Tried a mock application. Got this at the end:
> Thank you for your application. We will contact a select group of applicants in the coming weeks. If you are not contacted, we’d love to have you apply for the next cohort.
They can't even be bothered to ask ChatGPT to send a "no" email. Incredible.
by andsoitis
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- OpenAI appears to lack clear product vision.
This feels like a program to see what sticks.
- If you are pre-idea today, does OpenAI believe your startup will still be relevant in the face of the AGI progress they forecast to make in the time it takes you to ship?
- Did anyone get confirmation that the form got sent? There is no feedback from pressing "submit" for me.
- Why not ask the big bag of words to generate "ideas"?
by dvfjsdhgfv
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- I first misread it as "OpenAI Grave" where someone would put the list of all discontinued models.
- "it offers pre-idea individuals"
wtf
If ideas are a dime a dozen, what even is a pre-idea startup
by vasilzhigilei
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- It looks like application submission isn't functioning.
- 15 ppl in first cohort? Aka dont bother applying.
- I think what they are trying to do is a type of forward deployed engineer, but with no employment.
More they train such engineers more profitable for them to spread the word.
In 1st cohort, they're probably going to accept extrovert people with active social presence.
by NickNaraghi
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- Everyone at YC should be upset that sama continues to cannibalize the YC value proposition. First funding, then mindshare, and now this.
- What would be nice is a "grove" I can flee to where I'd be immune to the effects of OpenAI and the other AI labs.
Alas, such grove is impossible.
by 999900000999
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- What exactly do I need to do to qualify.
I'm working on a prototype right now, guess I'll toss my hat in the ring.
Fortune favors the bold.
by Cheer2171
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- > "pre-idea individuals"
by VeejayRampay
0 subcomment
- 160 comments on this, OpenAI is definitely not the hype anymore
by lofaszvanitt
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- There are serious problems if they are lacking ideas while employing some of the supposedly best talent in the industry. Once your idea is out of the bag there is no way for you to control what happens with it.
- The FAQ items don't expand for me, on Android Vivaldi.
by koakuma-chan
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- Do you have to be in the US or can they help to get in?
- > pre-idea individuals
Holy crap, I thought that term existed purely in the realm of satire skits:
https://www.tiktok.com/@techroastshow/video/7341240131015445...
- Looks like they want to build up and support middle men to do the apps more than them, and act more like a platform or operating system position. Which makes sense giant corporations reporting 95% failed AI projects and the core success cases are specialist companies tuning the platform to a specific problem are successful. Then there are a ton of snake oil AI apps that are over promising under delivering hurting the image of AI's usefulness
This is probably purely a pivot in market strategy to profitability to increase token usage, increase consumer/public's trust more than farming ideas for internal projects.
- Not working form is a shame :)
- Is it just me seeing this as a talent discovery program?
- hmm.. wonder what the most accurate Venn diagram for this is?
by cadamsdotcom
0 subcomment
- Whatever.
AWS gives startups money.
by mehulashah
0 subcomment
- This smacks so much of a Silicon Valley episode. “Pre-idea individuals” … Sounds like they want people with no opinions. Next we will say stuff like “No thought personas”
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by scoopdewoop
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- Incredible opportunity for SF Muni to get subsidized with even more full bus wrap ads for AI coding apps that nobody uses
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