![rw-book-cover](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3969183c-a478-431a-b497-b9a3e0f00d49_1280x640.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Benn stancil|Benn Stancil]] - Full Title:: The End of YC - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://benn.substack.com/p/the-end-of-yc - Read date:: [[2025-03-23]] ## Highlights > When the world is full of big-brained robots built on public data, “proprietary data”—personal experience, domain expertise, what we *know* rather than what we can do—is our only edge. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jn8snqmt38ah9pbwz2c92zfd)) > Just as it’s becoming harder to out-write an LLM, it’s becoming harder to out-develop one too. And if experts can prompt their way to a product just as easily as those of us in Silicon Valley can, what winning talent are we left with? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jn8spxvwstv580fejj6snydc))