Y Combinator's Latest Batch Is 35% AI Startups

More than one-third of the famed startup accelerator Y Combinator's latest batch of companies are focused specifically on artificial intelligence. From a report: Y Combinator received a record 24,000 applications for its latest cohort, and accepted just under 1% of those, Garry Tan, president and chief executive officer of the accelerator, said Tuesday in an interview on Bloomberg Television. About 35% of the companies selected for the program are AI-focused, he said, and as many as half involve AI as a component of their business. "There's something very special happening here," Tan said about AI in San Francisco. "The smartest people in the world are sitting in those cafes having discussions. Not just about starting their companies, but also what is the cutting edge of what these AI models can do."

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