Ask HN: Is it me, or are more and more YC companies open source? I've noticed that many of the startups in the YC S23 batch are open source. Is that correct? If so, why has this become a trend? |
Ask HN: Is it me, or are more and more YC companies open source? I've noticed that many of the startups in the YC S23 batch are open source. Is that correct? If so, why has this become a trend? |
* bait and switch
* hold over from zero interest rates - get users and worry later about monetization
* emerging legit business models that use open core
It could be an interesting data analysis project to work out some mechanism for establishing OSS “family trees”.
both leads to high probability of finding PMF