Will I get into YC?
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Here's my application for Manicode.

I just had my interview an hour ago! It went well, I thought. Normally, they are very aggressive in peppering you with questions, but this time they let me speak.

After I got off I said I thought I was 99% likely to get in haha.

I should know their decision tonight.

UPDATE: they sent an email asking for another meeting on Monday. Wish me luck?

See also: /JamesGrugett/will-manicode-be-accepted-into-ai-g

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panic sell was the actually correct move this time 🧡

I'm in!

@JamesGrugett Congrats James 👏

@JamesGrugett great job!!

@JamesGrugett yee ❤

@JamesGrugett congrats!!!!

@JamesGrugett hey congrats! Happy to lose some mana this way.

Dalton started with a few questions: about how likely I was to find a cofounder, why value would accrue at this layer vs. the companies that make the LLM's, and what I thought went well or could do better at Manifold.

Then he revealed that I was accepted!

@strutheo woohoo!!!

@JamesGrugett lmk if youre hiring ;)

@JamesGrugett absolute legend

@JamesGrugett Incredible!! I was considering joining the Zoom link you posted and posing as a cofounder ;)

@JamesGrugett CONGRATS!! I was worried they were going to get you to pivot your idea. Glad they saw the value in Manicode!

@JamesGrugett Congrats, James! Hope you have a great time in YC.

@JamesGrugett Fantastic!

@JamesGrugett Congrats man!

@JamesGrugett Congratulations! Reading through your application, I worried that they might see some of your vision as unrealistic. Glad to see something as useful as Manicode will continue to develop in the future!

@Calibrate @case No, no. Everyone who has studied this field knows a revolution is coming. This part was not even a question.

There's a pretty big difference between what most people think and what top experts think here. AI is actually under-hyped in my opinion, at least in terms of what is to come.

You need to stop what you're doing right now, and start playing with the API's for OpenAI and Anthropic. You need to learn prompt engineering. The world is changing haha.

@JamesGrugett congratulations, and again, good luck!

@JamesGrugett Congrats!

@JamesGrugett Congrats James

@JamesGrugett Congrats! Are you going to make prop bets on the "ambitious" goals you had in the application video?

@dlin007 Yes, I will! Sometime this week perhaps

@JamesGrugett Congrats!!