Critiquing AI Startup Websites with YC President Garry Tan

[@dqnamo]

YC really stepping up their content creation game! 🙌🏽

[@adisj5696]

yeah

[@whosgotrythm]

D77

[@Voiceflow]

Thanks for including us, YC! ❤

[@primingdotdev]

Nice app. YC probably jelly they didnt invest in you.

[@arjoai]

You guys did a really great job!

[@voneinemfreund]

Hey guys Julius (Techstars Alumni 2019), I am just soooo thankful for your videos. This goes out to all alums around the world: Never stop learning. This video showed me again, tech evolves at a speed that one is simply not allowed to drop out of the learning curve for more than a year. Really impressive. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@ladgonemad]

Why we don't have more of this videos from YC, they actually provide a lot of value to founders.

[@zb3645]

had to call in garry tan

[@adisj5696]

true

[@rira12621]

Make it into YC, get it all the time.

[@murk959]

Imagine having access to this kinda quality education like this ❤

[@hoyadonkey]

Yes! Please make this series a more regular thing!

[@chapterme]

Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Design Review: AI Startup Websites 01:01 - Rosebud: AI Generated Game Assets 05:51 - Magicflow: AI Workflows Made Easy 10:41 - Reality Defender: Deepfake Detection 15:44 - Pump: The cheapest way to save 60% on AWS 20:09 - Voiceflow: A Chat Workflow 23:35 - Outro

[@doki1146]

That's 🔥

[@tegaogheneovo5881]

16:19 The moment he talks about sensory overload the presentation had a mind blown emoji. I am still cracking Up 🤣😆

[@foundational]

I wish there was a examination of mobile versions as well… in our case 80% are mobile visitors, so it would be useful to understand what are the principles for mobile design

[@productivepitch]

Please do more in the future! Perhaps make it into a series of AI startups in different niches e.g. content creation, marketing, healthcare, finance. Great to hear from the top of YC too. Thanks for the sharing :)

[@tafadzwabwakura8531]

lesson learnt: make it extremely clear what your product does

[@GameThinkingTV]

This video is GREAT - super-actionable content & suggestions, thanks Gary!

[@barbarosozturk]

Awesome piece of content! Best way to learn is through constructive feedback - especially if it is provided by Y!

[@pratikkinage8543]

The design of this video was really clean!

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[@jackjohnson6809]

Very insightful for general website design!

[@peter8261]

Honestly, if they could animate pixel art alone that would be, hands down, amazingggggggggggg.

[@harrison6082]

18:39 Thats a good point! 20:09 Voiceflow

[@AIwithOliver]

How do I click the Like button 100 times for this?

[@mus3equal]

Thanks for the video, lots of excellent insights to glean from! Always a wealth of information from all your educational material, looking forward to more!

please do more of these, lots of good advices

[@lawyermahaprasad]

Wow magicflow is featured❤ congratulations🎊

[@Islandvybz96]

Haven’t yc been doing startup critiques for a while now? I’m sure I’ve seen Michael done a few

[@Ronny-vw6qp]

This is God tier content

[@abdulqadar9580]

YC creating a huge value in education

[@Tyrionhessen]

Great video guys!!!❤ thank you

[@Youtube_Enthusiast_]

Can you please make a video on how to name startups?

[@avaquest]

I have a genuine question, not trying to attack a company or y combinator but I noticed most of these companies have little social presence in terms of low posting, low efforts, low subscribers, etc. .. so how do they get a lot of users then? are there other good strategies besides social media?

[@ycombinator]

B2B / enterprise / SMB businesses tend to rely less on social media and more on outbound or inbound marketing, which means the website needs to support a sales team or some drip campaign that gets people to convert. Social media is a factor in inbound marketing but not the only one. Events are often much bigger for such businesses.

[@avaquest]

@@ycombinator Very insightful! appreciate it

[@saloni379]

How can we balance our social life and entrepreneurial life? Please make video on this , yc

[@boringmanager9559]

Must be nice to have subordinates who agree on everything with you

[@wickathou]

Marketing and creative agencies next!

[@swiftboard]

Love these videos, keep 'em coming!

[@siansroadtonirvana]

This is great! Thanks for sharing gentlemen. 😊😉👍

[@DoraTheExplorer-lu2in]

00:00 AI startups are focusing on building AI-focused companies 03:13 Focus on the primary product to get the aha moment as quickly as possible. 06:31 A new workflow software is being discussed 09:28 Improving user experience by delaying sign-up prompts 12:27 Reality Defender provides real-time protection against deep fakes and fabricated items. 15:22 Pump offers cloud infrastructure savings with AI 18:24 Companies can pool together for group buying discounts 21:15 Voiceflow is a well-designed AI assistant with good user feedback. Crafted by Merlin AI.

[@onangarodney7746]

Pump listened. I checked their website and they made the needed changes.

[@tositsa]

You seem to have a couple of "design principles" in your mind while evaluating these sites. What are they? Is there an article/video you can refer us to?

[@sreechandra9738]

What do you think about iot based start ups, do they have a good future.

[@ycombinator]

Only if customers want it and want to pay for it over the long haul. -Garry

[@sreechandra9738]

@@ycombinator Thank you

[@pauldannelachica2388]

A.I systems and tools has a god like potential in science and technology productivity innovation. But depends on how good is the data

[@dokster100]

Can someone explain how Y Combinator went from the likes of Paul Graham and Sam Altman to Garry Tan trolling websites for the font size?

[@carlodemarchis]

I just realized by watching this that this is what I have been doing a lot lately

[@xeno7828]

more content with similar analysis of startups !)

[@conformist]

Meanwhile ChatGPT has the "worst" landing page.

[@HectorDiabolucus]

Stock photos and videos turn me off to a product. Avoid that! They rarely convey any useful information and don’t make me want to buy the product. It’s just distracting. What do pictures of people have to do with your product?

[@elanzini]

If your call to action is to have people to try your product, is it good practice to always have an input box for email in the first part of the website, or also fine to leave it at the end, after the person has scrolled through the website to understand what is actually is?

[@ycombinator]

Input box on homepage generally is unnecessary - and it takes screen real estate and cognitive budget away from what you should be doing: making sure people know wtf your company does. -Garry

[@miyodanzel1028]

website submission link in description doesn't work :|

[@wong2333]

I think the name of VoiceFlow is a bit misleading LOL.

[@george_davituri]

interesting review - advice

[@sydneyshields111]

idk i think pump had a great site. as a dev the tone is so different from other dev tools that it sounds interesting

[@sergyyoubi3739]

How do I do if I want to review mine ??

[@lanresokeyo]

Thanks

[@BulkGPT]

Love this series ❤

[@andrewxzvxcud2]

that beard line tho

[@RemotHuman]

For some apps, especially ones for nicher users (for instance reality defender seems to fit this), wouldn't real users who end up on a webpage already know something about what the app does from wherever they heard about the company?

[@ycombinator]

Yes, but the people who show up will come with varying levels of understanding and you cannot assume really anything about the user. The more you assume, the more the lost opportunity. -Garry

[@BuckFanks]

You don't wanna be clever, if clever is confusing. Wise words.

[@rootbeernineteen135]

TLDR; The design of your landing page holds more weight than you think

[@pacifiquebusiness]

🙌

[@saidaberda911]

Is that Fireship? IS THAT FIRESHIP? xdd

[@TochStyle]

guess it's all about AI

[@cuzonGames]

Tan The Man Spill tHE bAENS bRO ..We EXecuting right now we Keep Going😊😊

[@AIPixelFusion]

Give them a break man, they're MVPs. jk jk

[@_jko]

I don't think this was a great a content. Like one of the hosts said on the video, they are not the target demo for these companies. So they generally commented on the design aspect of the website, and some are valid, but they simply don't get what the companies are going for.

[@MubashirullahD]

Same old mistakes. Hope I can avoid them lol

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