Spent the weekend talking to dozens of founders at YC alumni reunions and realized that we’re in the middle of an inflection for hard-tech companies. (10% of the recent batch of 240 startups are in hard-tech)

Sharing some thoughts on why this is happening below ⬇️

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Sounds like a dope weekend! Hard-tech is really taking off, huh? It's cool to see so many founders diving into it. Maybe the new wave of innovation is finally breaking through. Excited to see what these startups bring to the table!