Sam Altman Tells Axios Coding Agents Are Powering the 'Revenge of the Idea Guys' Now Funded at YC

Speaking with Axios at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, Sam Altman said AI coding tools have inverted YC's traditional bias against non-technical founders. 'We would make fun of these people. All of a sudden it's the revenge of the idea guys.' He said domain-savvy founders who can't code are now the ones he wants to fund, calling it 'a big turnaround' driven by agents that handle the technical build-out.