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Re:I made a Y Combinator application guide by senko on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:28PM (#42021734)
One of the most impressive companies in my batch (W24) had nothing to do with AI, or indeed software: https://www.astromecha.co/

So no, not a requirement. OTOH if you do come with an AI idea, they won't reject you just because they already accepted a few hundred others :)

Re:I made a Y Combinator application guide by twelve40 on Friday November 01, 2024 @11:18PM (#42023809)
maybe that's why it was impressive/memorable?